I think there are two most moving things about this film:
First, the monologue of the king and queen on the rooftop. Does the king's "madness" mean that he has always been restrained and repressed, does he want to break free from this life? The performance of the two actors in this scene is impeccable and very touching.
The second is that the king told his son to get rid of the woman, you are still unmarried. While this may seem impersonal and dogmatic, as heir to the throne, the prince cannot marry a pagan. The reality is this, nobleness oblige.
Quite frankly, I watched this movie because of Sir Nigel. He was born as a drama actor and has first-class stage skills. Some people call him the theatre knight. It is estimated that most people know him from the YM and YPM series, and so do I, and it is a pity that I met him too late, and now he has passed away for almost ten years. He was in his fifties when YM's first season aired, but in The Madness of King George he was much older. He is an extremely good actor who can make people forget the image he has created in the past and put him in the role of the moment.
Sometimes I always feel that there is some coincidence that reality and drama mirror each other. The twilight King George is faced with the predicament of his delirious son wanting to be regent, and Sir Nigel is suffering because of this film and has to face the challenges of his own life - and of course he is finally free. Sir Nigel can also face the media and his own choices when King George re-realizes that he needs to face reality, face his identity, face an independent America and face his unsatisfactory successor.
But no matter what, he is just as graceful as ever.
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