6th September 2007
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Staring: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Sylvia Syms
UK, 2006
Helen Mirren stars in this drama about the relationship between the Queen and Tony Blair in the wake of Princess Diana’s death.
Stephen Frear’s feature-length docudrama traces the twists and turns of the week following Diana’s death, in which the aging Monarch (Mirren) comes to realise that “one needs to modernise”, while her young Prime Minister (Sheen) decides that he is not after all for revolution.
The Queen really comes into its own with its immaculate performances, its beautiful photography and its seamless blending of real and reconstructed footage.
The Queen won a BAFTA Award for Best Film and Helen Mirren an Oscar Award for Best Actress.