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Although he is in the antipodes, it is impossible not to think of the Marquis of Leguineche and his famous "end of race" when watching a movie in which there are palaces with leaks and the gift of a villa in the Mediterranean, that "sea of poor ” that the Berlanguian Luis Escobar despised so much.
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Pomp with less circumstance
The second film of
Downton Abbey
, the popular series by Julian Fellowes, meets by heart with that busy schedule of weddings and funerals so typical of the postcard with which the English aristocracy is usually presented.
Three years after the first film, which followed in the footsteps of the six seasons of the series, a sympathetic and emotional sequel is presented as suitable for fans of the saga as for neophytes of a program that was born more than a decade ago, and whose influence has been felt on both the television and lifestyle pages.
This time the avatars of the Crawley family come to the Côte d'Azur and to a villa typical of the best days of Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda.
Simon Curtis's film responds to a script where the old family mansions are filmed with those resource television shots that are reminiscent of series like
Dallas
and
Dynasty
as well as Disneyland Paris commercials.
In this new era, a film crew arrives at the majestic Crawley mansion, in charge of a production that will allow its owners to solve those problems of monetary liquidity so typical of the cliché of the aristocracy.
Between those above and those below, the comedians of this new circus (the cinema circus) will arrive with their own problems: their idea is to shoot a movie with silent movie stars threatened by the irruption of sound.
Dominic West, with a mustache a la Douglas Fairbanks, is always a joy, while his fictional dance partner is a foul-mouthed and ordinary movie star who, played by Laura Haddock, is a carbon copy of the insufferable Lina Lamont from
Singing under the rain.
Obviously the best of
Downton Abbey
is still Lady Violet Crawley-Maggie Smith.
Her grace can handle one and even two inane movies.
DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA
Direction:
Simon Curtis.
Cast:
Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Imelda Staunton, Maggie Smith, Dominic West, Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye.
Genre:
drama.
United Kingdom, 2022.
Duration:
125 minutes.
Premiere: April 29.
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