The Housekeeper

A brooding, windswept romance of forbidden longing, played with quiet intensity against a wild coastal backdrop.

Directed by

Richard Eyre

Genres

Romance, Drama

Starring

Caitríona Balfe, Emma Laird, Helena Bonham Carter

Overview

Set in the mystic, brooding, and wild landscape of Cornwall, the rugged Atlantic foot of England, Danni, a housekeeper at Manderville Hall—a grand and historic house owned by the wealthy and widowed Lord DeWithers—falls prey to the glance of a young and beautiful visitor, the novelist Daphne Du Maurier. For one, their affair is an all-consuming love, for the other, an intoxicating realisation of her secret longings.

How it feels

Melancholic, romantic, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Love, identity, sexuality, class

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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