Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

Nearly a decade after Cate Blanchett drew the attention of audiences and critics alike with ELIZABETH, the Oscar-winning actress returns to the role of the Virgin Queen. Though the protestant ruler has been on the throne for decades in 1585, Elizabeth I's reign is still under attack from both inside her country and from the continent. Her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots (Samantha Morton), carries the favor of the nation's Catholics as she schemes for the throne from prison, while Spain's King Philip II (Jordi Molla) plots an invasion with the power of his famous armada. But Elizabeth is also concerned with the arriv...
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al of Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen), a charming pirate and adventurer. Unable to reconcile her feelings with her crown, she encourages Bess (Abbie Cornish), her beloved lady-in-waiting, to pursue a relationship with Raleigh.

Nine years haven't dulled Blanchett's ability to play this--or any other--character with an impressive range of fire and tenderness. Her chemistry with the infinitely watchable Owen is one of the film's highlights. As in ELIZABETH, director Shekhar Kapur doesn't restrict himself from using artfully constructed shots that aren't normally used in period dramas. It's a modern retelling of history, and Kapur and his director of photograpy, Remi Adefarasin, aren't content to let the film have the standard look of many films in the genre. Costume designer Alexandra Byrne follows the same logic, creating stunning dresses for Elizabeth that draw inspiration both from modernity and the time period. If Blanchett weren't such a gifted actress, the gorgeous costumes might threaten to overtake her as the star of the film.
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Actress Cate Blanchett returns to her Oscar-nominated role and director Shekhar Kapur steps back into the director's chair for this belated sequel to the critically acclaimed 1998 biopic Elizabeth that explores the 16th century romance between the "Virgin Queen" and noted adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen). Michael Hirst teams with William Nicholson to pen the screenplay, and actor Geoffrey Rush returns to the role of Sir Francis Walsingham.

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Het verhaal van de kruistocht van een vrouw om liefde, het verslaan van vijanden en het behouden van haar positie in de de westelijke wereld. Wanneer de katholieke Mary Stuart, de nicht van de protestantse koningin Elizabeth I, een band schept met Phillip van Spanje voor een hogere positie op de troon, is het Sir Francis Walsingham die de koningin tegen Mary Stuart moet beschermen in een machtsstrijd om de Engelse troon. Elizabeth moet sterk in haar schoenen staan en zelfs bereid zijn een oorlog te beginnen. En terwijl iedereen van haar verwacht dat ze trouwt met een geschikte partij om zo de opvolging veilig te ...
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stellen, wordt ze heimelijk verliefd op de avonturier, ontdekker en piraat Walter Raleigh.
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