Three years after their first film, the famous British aristocrat of the series Downton Abbey will return to theaters this Friday at Downton Abbey: A New Era (Downton Abbey: A New Era). This new opus with the mystery seal mark is partially anchored in the south of France.
Each time, we thought it was over but it wasn’t, here it is again!joke by Laura Carmichael, who plays Lady Edith Crawley.
Before investing in the big screen, Downton Abbey is an internationally successful British series. Broadcast from 2010 to 2015, it was watched by over one hundred million people in 200 countries, and won Golden Globes and Emmys in the United States, as well as BAFTAs in Great Britain.
At the heart of the series are the adventures of a royal family and their servants from 1912 to the end of 1925. Squeeze humor, elegant cast, dynamic dialogues: the series combines all the elements to ensure global success.
It’s in the same recipe that the Crawley family entered theaters in 2019. In the second part, the story is anchored in 1928, a year after the public once left the characters. For the previous film, the screenplay was signed by Julian Fellowes, the creator of the series.
A villa on the French Riviera
In the program this two -hour feature film: an intricate secret. That’s to the matriarch of the clan, the ruthless, but very lovely, Lady Violet (Maggie Smith) who explains, soon after, that she inherited a villa in the south of France.
But here, this generous legacy came from a former lover … French and more! The Crawley family should not be surprised to wonder how the venerable matriarch, the self-proclaimed guardian of good morals in the family, maintained such a passion.
To solve the mystery, part of the clan, as well as their servants, head to the Côte d’Azur. Let the French warn: the British are coming!said butler Charles Carson, also on the trip.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Channel, Downton Abbey has become the shooting scene of a quiet feature film, well-framed by Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery).
A real link
It’s amazing how Julian was able to tell so many stories at once, and in such a great way.said Elizabeth McGovern, who plays Lady Grantham.
For fans of the series, the film, directed by Simon Curtis, looks like a reunion, thanks to the presence of the original cast: Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Hugh Bonneville, Allen Leech and even Jim Carter.
” There is a very real bond that binds us to each other, which is almost normal after working for many years together. “
A link used by Simon Curtis, Elizabeth McGovern’s husband in real life. When you face actors and actresses whose characters are intimate, everything is easier.
Note that the cast of the film was enriched by the presence of French actress Nathalie Baye and Belgian actor Jonathan Zaccaï, who were prominently seen in the series. The office of legends.
Filming, which took place in the midst of a pandemic, was a challenge, accompanied by thousands of screening trials, including about forty in France.
But, despite this, he was magicalassures Elizabeth McGovern.
Source: Radio-Canada
