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The Duchess

There were three people in her marriage

Set in the 18th century, this movie looks at an (in)famous ancestor of Lady Diana Spencer. Married off at 16 to a Duke who desperately wanted a son, she found herself trapped in a loveless marriage. While her husband had affairs, she set to work on the politicians. Things heated up when her husband started hitting on her new best friend, and a lover from her teen years re-entered her life.

109 minutes, No persons under 16 (Sex)
Period piece, Romance, On the art circuit

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Credits
Cast	Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell, Simon McBurney, Aidan McArdle
Director	Saul Dibb
Screenplay	Jeffrey Hatcher, Anders Thomas Jensen, Saul Dibb, from the book by Amanda Foreman
Music	Rachel Portman
Cinematography	Gyula Pados
Editing	Masahiro Hirakubo
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	2008
Produced by	Paramount Vantage, Pathé BBC Films, Qwerty Films, Magnolia Mae Films
SA Distributor	Ster-Kinekor

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FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Historical, drama
Language	None
Nudity	Infrequent, mild
Sex	Fairly frequent, strongly implied
Violence	One disturbing rape scene
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	Themes in this movie are mature and complex and are likely to disturb younger viewers, and create a sense of insecurity in them.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarDiane de Beer	15
Die BurgerMariana Malan	15
Cape TimesKenneth Turan	15
iAfrica.comRebekah Kendal	15
The CitizenAnnette Bayne	14
24.comJean Barker	15
International Media
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	18
eye Weekly (Canada)Adam Nayman	5
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli	10
Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers	15
ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs	12
Metacritic.com34 critics	12
RottenTomatoes.com151 critics	12
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	12
Internet (IMDB)6596 Netizens	14

Average .. 66%	13

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