The Devil's Whore (2008)

Recommended

UK

Television Mini-Series
Director: Marc Munden
Writer: Peter Flannery
Cinematographer: Julian Court
Composer: Murray Gold
Cast: Andrea Riseborough, John Simm, Dominic West, Peter Capaldi, Michael Fassbender, Tom Goodman-Hill, Maxine Peake

The ridiculously gorgeous Riseborough’s wonderful performance as the eponymous lady, Angelica Fanshawe, forms the heart of this entertaining mini-series, that takes a not-entirely-historically-accurate look at events of the English Civil War (1642–51); it garners acclaim for its bloody and unromantic depiction of death, violence, and war, but loses as much for its unrelentingly quick pacing, that gives the viewer little chance to breathe. Iain.Stott