The Duke

2021 Drama | Comedy
70%

In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver, steals Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. Comedy drama, starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren. The final film from Notting Hill director Roger Michell

Our Review

by Brian Lloyd
Star Rating:

'The Duke' is a quietly brilliant little film

Kempton Bunton (Jim Broadbent) is a well-meaning if slightly eccentric OAP who is charged for the theft of a painting by Francisco de Goya. Together with his long-suffering wife (Helen Mirren) and his idealistic son (Fionn Whitehead), Kempton tells the story of how he came into the possession of the painting, why he stole it for a campaign for free TV licences, and why he ultimately returned it...

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