DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE

Director: Simon Curtis
Starring: Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville, Paul Giamatti, Jim Carter, Lesley Nichol, Alessandro Nivola, Allen Leech, Kevin Doyle, Joanne Froggatt, Dominic West, Laura Carmichael, Phyllis Logan, Robert James-Collier, Sophie McShera, Arty Froushan

After six seasons of a hit television series and now three movies, it’s time to finally say goodbye to Downton Abbey. It’s the end of an era for both the audience and these characters. The final outing picks up in 1930 and marks a changing of the guard for what’s at stake at Downton. Michelle Dockery leads the film again as Lady Mary. She’s going through a divorce, which has now made the headlines and rocked the Crawley’s social circles. Lady Mary finds herself shut out from gatherings given her divorced status. Her mother, Cora (McGovern), is ready to stand by her side while Lord Grantham grows frustrated by the optics at a perilous time for the family. He doesn’t do well with change, and he knows the time has come for Mary to take over the reign of Downton and sell Grantham house in London. Meanwhile, Mr. Carson (Carter) and Mrs. Patmore (Nicol) are retiring from the duties as head butler and chef at Downton. The film also marks the return of Paul Giamatti as Cora’s brother, Harold, who shows up at Downton with a dashing business partner played by Alessandro Nivola. In theaters

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