| The Young Victoria | |
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| 3 Nominations / 1 Win | |
| Year | 2009 |
| Director | Jean-Marc Vallée |
| Writer | Julian Fellowes |
| Starring | Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Jim Broadbent |
| 82nd Academy Awards | |
The Young Victoria is a 2009 British-American period drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and written by Julian Fellowes, based on the early life and reign of Queen Victoria. Graham King, Martin Scorsese, Sarah Ferguson, and Timothy Headington served as the film's producers. The film stars Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Miranda Richardson, Mark Strong and Jim Broadbent among a large ensemble cast.
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Nominations
- Best Art Direction — Patrice Vermette, Maggie Gray
- Best Costume Design — Sandy Powell
- Best Makeup — John Henry Gordon, Jenny Shircore
Plot[]
Dominated by her possessive mother and her bullying consort, Conroy, since childhood, teen-aged Victoria refuses to allow them the power of acting as her regent in the last days of her uncle, William IV's rule. Her German cousin Albert is encouraged to court her for solely political motives but, following her accession at age eighteen, finds he is falling for her and is dismayed at her reliance on trusty premier Melbourne. Victoria is impressed by Albert's philanthropy which is akin to her own desire to help her subjects. However her loyalty to Melbourne, perceived as a self-seeker, almost causes a constitutional crisis and it is Albert who helps restore her self-confidence. She proposes and they marry, Albert proving himself not only a devoted spouse, prepared to take an assassin's bullet for her, but an agent of much-needed reform, finally endorsed by an admiring Melbourne.
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