The Crimson Petal And The White

""

Enter a Victorian England you've never seen: gritty, dark, and unsettling. Based on Michel Faber's international bestseller, this four-part BBC series follows the fortunes of Sugar (Romola Garai, Atonement, Emma), a notorious prostitute who longs for a better life. Sexually adept, ambitious, and clever, she casts a spell on William Rackham (Chris O'Dowd, Bridesmaids, The IT Crowd), feckless heir to a perfume business and husband to a wife slipping slowly into insanity. As their lives intertwine, events are set in motion that will change them forever. This provocative psychological thriller boasts a stellar cast and a boldly original look and feel, exposing 1870s London as a place where violence and madness lurked everywhere. Garai is 'electric' (The Telegraph Magazine, U.K.), O'Dowd 'a revelation' (The Daily Telegraph, U.K.), and Amanda Hale 'brilliant' (The Times, U.K.) as Rackham's wife, Agnes. With Gillian Anderson (Bleak House, The X-Files) as monstrous madam Mrs. Castaway and Richard E. Grant (Gosford Park) as creepy Dr. Curlew, 'this striking Gothic melodrama...[is] lurid in the best sense' (The Scotsman, U.K.).

Details

Format: DVD
Genre:
Rating: MA15+
Release Date: 17 02 2021
Production Year: 2011
Run Time: 274
Languages: English
Rating Advice: Nudity| Sex Scenes| Strong Themes And Violence
Distributor: Madman Entertainment
Directors: Marc Munden

Actors: Romola Garai, Chris O'Dowd, Amanda Hale, Shirley Henderson, Katie Lyons, Eleanor Yates, Elizabeth Berrington, Richard E. Grant, James Wilson, Clare Louise Connolly, Isla Watt, Tom Georgeson, Liz White, Branwell Donaghey, Blake Ritson, Bertie Carvel, Sarah Jane O'Neill, Gillian Anderson, Mark Gatiss, Wendy Nottingham, Alan Williams, Maimie McCoy, Sarah Ridgeway, Izabella Urbanowicz