# Effie Gray (2014)

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**Runtime**: 104 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Richard Laxton
**Written by**: Emma Thompson
**Starring**: Dakota Fanning, Emma Thompson, Greg Wise, Tom Sturridge, Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters

> *The Celebrity Scandal of the Victorian era.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Downton Abbey without the inheritance. Effie Gray marries the celebrated art critic John Ruskin, only to find herself trapped in a passionless marriage. Dakota Fanning embodies the repression of Victorian ideals.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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