Aristocrats 1999  TV, 295 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Caffrey
Cast: Serena Gordon, Alun Armstrong, Geraldine Somerville, Ben Daniels, Julian Fellowes, Diane Fletcher, Anne-Marie Duff, Tom Mullion, Jodhi May, Andrew Havill, George Anton, John Light, Clive Swift, Sian Phillips
This BBC mini-series tells the story of the Lennox sisters–Caroline (Serena Gordon), Emily (Geraldine Somerville), Louisa (Anne-Marie Duff), and Sarah (Jodhi May)–who are great granddaughters of King Charles and his French mistress. In Part 1, Emily, Louisa, and Caroline make their decisions regarding marriage, and Caroline's choice tears the family asunder. Part 2 involves the scandals of Sarah, and Part 3 revolves around the family drama spanning two generations.
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The Heart of Me 2002  R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Williams, Paul Bettany, Eleanor Bron, Luke Newberry, Tom Ward, Gillian Hanna, Andrew Havill, Alison Reid, Kathryn Tennant-Maw
Dinah (Helena Bonham Carter) is in love with her sister Madeleine's (Olivia Williams) husband (Paul Bettany) in this story based on Rosamond Lehmann's novel that is believed to have been inspired by her own adulterous affair with British Poet Laureate Cecil Day Lewis.
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 Sylvia 2003  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christine Jeffs
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Jared Harris, Blythe Danner, Michael Gambon, Amira Caser, Andrew Havill, Lucy Davenport, Liddy Holloway, David Birkin, Alison Bruce, Julian Firth
Poets Ted Hughes (Daniel Craig) and Sylvia Plath (Gwyneth Paltrow) endured a volatile marriage, which ended with Sylvia's suicide in 1963. This film attempts to shed light on the events leading to Sylvia's tragic end.
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| 1. Aristocrats (1999)
2. The Heart of Me (2002)
3. Sylvia (2003)
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