Period Pieces

Barry Lyndon

Stanley Kubrick · 1975

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Céline Sciamma · 2019

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

Emma.

Autumn de Wilde · 2020

In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.

The Duchess

Saul Dibb · 2008

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.

Marie Antoinette

Sofia Coppola · 2006

Mitte des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts wird die 14-jährige Marie Antoinette von ihrer Mutter, der österreichischen Kaiserin, mit dem französischen Thronerben Ludwig XVI. verheiratet. Ein großer Druck lastet auf dem jungen Paar, denn sie müssen nicht nur repräsentieren, sondern für einen Erben sorgen. Doch Ludwig verweigert sich allnächtlich, seinen ehelichen Pflichten nachzukommen. Marie langweilt das Leben zu Hofe und so beginnt sie jeden Tag zu einem Fest zu machen. Sie lebt ein pompöses und dekadentes Leben. Dann kommt eines Tages die Revolution über Frankreich und auch Versailles ist nicht mehr sicher.

Titanic

James Cameron · 1997

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.

Mansfield Park

Patricia Rozema · 1999

When spirited young woman, Fanny Price is sent away to live on the great country estate of her rich cousins, she's meant to learn the ways of proper society. But while Fanny learns 'their' ways, she also enlightens them with a wit and sparkle all her own.

Anna Karenina

· 2000

In 19th century Russia, aristocrat Anna Karenina has a passionate extramarital affair with the dashing Count Vronsky that could lead to both their ruin. A four-part British television adaptation of Tolstoy's novel.

Jane Eyre

Susanna White · 2006

Charlotte Bronte's classic about an orphan girl who grows up to become a governess in a gloomy manor in Yorkshire, where she falls in love with the mysterious Edward Rochester.

Atonement

Joe Wright · 2007

En el verano de 1935, Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan), una precoz escritora de 13 años, cambia irremediablemente el curso de varias vidas cuando acusa al amante de su hermana Cecilia (Keira Knightley), el joven Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), de haber cometido un crimen. Los productores y el realizador de "Orgullo y prejuicio" vuelven a unirse en este drama.

Sense and Sensibility

Ang Lee · 1995

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. When Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son from his first marriage, John and wife Fanny. But these circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's current wife, and daughters Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.

Becoming Jane

Julian Jarrold · 2007

A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.

Pride and Prejudice

· 1995

Miniserie de TV de 6 episodios. Adaptación en formato miniserie de la famosa novela de Jane Austen ambientada a comienzos del siglo XIX, en la que los prejuicios y las diferencias sociales constituyen un obstáculo casi insalvable en las relaciones amorosas.

The Handmaiden

2016

The Favorite

2018