Author: Abbie Cornish

Brand: Sevilla (Paradox)

Format: NTSC

Release Date: 05-06-2012

Details: Product Description WE tells the story of two fragile but determined women - Wally Winthrop and Wallis Simpson - separated by more than six decades. In 1998, lonely New Yorker Wally Winthrop (Abbie Cornish) is obsessed with what she perceives as the ultimate love story: King Edward's VIII's abdication of the British throne for the woman he loved, divorced American Wallis Simpson. But Wally's research, including several visits to the Sotheby's auction of the Windsor Estate, reveals that the couple's life together was not as perfect as she thought. Weaving back and forth in time, WE intertwines Wally's journey of discovery in New York with the story of Wallis (Andrea Riseborough) and Edward (James D'Arcy), from the glamorous early days of their romance to the slow unraveling of their lives in the decades that followed. ----- Film about the romantic relationship between Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, a divorced woman. Edward VIII is the only British monarch to have voluntarily abdicated. His desire to marry off Wallis Simpson while he was head of the Church of England caused a major constitutional crisis. The Church of England prohibited remarriage after divorce. Amazon.ca It was a love story that amazed and scandalized the world: because royal protocol barred him marrying a divorced commoner (and an American, to boot), Edward VIII abdicated the British throne in 1936 in order to be with "the woman I love." That story is brought to the screen in W./E., along with a parallel 1990s tale of a woman (Abbie Cornish, Bright Star) fascinated by the saga as she moons about the halls of Sotheby's in anticipation of an auction of the royals' stuff. This is the project dreamed up by Madonna for her narrative-feature directing debut, and you can presume that Madonna identifies with the lives of the royals, living their dramas out in a fishbowl for all the world to see. The 1930s scenes are full of period fluff and a certain amount of satisfying royal intrigue (crisscrossing at points with The King's Speech). Perhaps the film makes too many excuses for the future king (the real Edward VIII was something of a nitwit, and at that delicate moment in history it was probably a good thing he departed the scene), ably played here by James D'Arcy. But at least his American lady, Wallis Simpson, is embodied in lively fashion by Andrea Riseborough (from Brighton Rock), who is fully convincing as a subject of fascination. The draggy modern scenes don't fare as well, although it is curious that Madonna seeks to make an out-and-out art movie instead of a crowd-pleasing slice of entertainment. Apparently she saves that impulse for her music. --Robert Horton From the Studio Madonna’s Academy Award® nominated film (2011 Best Achievement in Costume Design, Arianne Phillips) delivers an elegantly stylish and beautifully dramatic look into the lives of two fragile yet passionate women intertwined across the decades. In 1998, New Yorker Wally Winthrop (Abbie Cornish) becomes enamored with what is believed to be the greatest romance of the 20th century – King Edward VIII's (James D'Arcy) surrender of the crown for the woman he loved, the chic and charismatic American, Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough). Through a series of secret letters, Wally discovers the lifetime of romance Edward and Wallis shared together.

UPC: 774212002540

EAN: 0774212002540

Languages: English

Binding: DVD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood