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Moviola > Films > The Queen
The Queen (12A) 97 mins"Tradition Prepared Her. Change Will Define Her." When news of the death of Princess Diana, undoubtedly the most famous woman in the world, breaks upon a shocked and disbelieving British public, HRH Queen Elizabeth II retreats behind the walls of Balmoral Castle with her family, unable to understand the public response to the tragedy. For Tony Blair, the popular and newly-elected Prime Minister, the people's need for reassurance and support from their leaders is palpable. As the unprecedented outpouring of emotion grows ever stronger, Blair must find a way to reconnect the beloved Queen with the British public. The Queen draws on scores of interviews with insiders and expert observers for its intimate, revealing and sometimes humorous portrait of a family in crisis and of a new Prime Minister operating at the height of his powers at a time of extraordinary private grief and public sorrow. Helen Mirren won the award for Best Actress and Peter Morgan for Best Screenplay at the Venice Film Festival. "Intelligent, hilariously funny and, ultimately, rather moving." Philip French "A spellbinding story of opposed passions." Roger Ebert "A sublimely nimble evisceration of that cult of celebrity known as the British royal family." New York Times
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