It was the favorite series of Queen Elisabeth II. After six sectors and two successful films, the world of Downton Abbey He is preparing to live his last moments on the big screen. Written by the creator of the series Julian Fellowes and directed by Simon Curtis, this third, in theaters this Wednesday, September 10, immerses us in the ultra coded universe of the Crawley family and its staff in the dawn of the 1930s.
The intrigue highlights the introspection of the members of the aristocratic family and some of its servants, three years after the disappearance of Lady Violet (the unforgettable Maggie Smith). New perspectives are also opened, just after Krach Boursier by Wall Street, which occurred in 1929. A dangerous situation that will force Crawley to embrace the change, with the new generation to the controls of Downton Abbey domain.
A tribute to Maggie Smith
Faithful to the position, actors Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary), Hugh Bonneville (Robert Crawley), Jim Carter (Charles Carson) or Laura Carmichael (Lady Edith) have renounced their costumes for the last time.
Some say they were very moved. “Many tears even return, laughing, Michelle Dockery, questioned by BFMTV. Being part of this series, if it is recognized internationally for fifteen years, our lives changed to all. Nobody would have imagined that we would be there today. And we are very happy.”
“We were painted at the end of the shooting, but the feelings were mixed,” says Johanne Froggatt, Anna Smith’s interpreter.
“There was also this feeling of happiness and achievement. The one to have finished this series all together. Because nobody really knows what this experience is to live from the inside.”
This Great end It takes a particularly moving dimension with a tribute to Maggie Smith, the late interpreter of Lady Violet, Countess Donaire, disappeared in September 2024 at 89. The film will evoke its disappearance through moving scenes, especially with Mary’s character contemplating a portrait of the formidable matriarch.
Filmed between May and August 2024, this last chapter promises to be a farewell in good and due to one of the most popular sagas of British television. For the nostalgic of the Yorkshire farm, it is an opportunity to find the elegance and intrigue of this family that marked the television fiction of the years 2010 for the last time.
Source: BFM TV
