Foreign Film: The Duke

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Movie

Age Group:

Adults (18+)

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A charming true-life story centering on Kempton Buton (Jim Broadbent), a struggling British taxi driver  who decides to steal Goya’s famed painting “Portrait of the Duke of Wellington,” then hold it for ransom. Helen Mirren stars as Kempton’s working-class wife in this too strange-to-be-true crime saga, spiked with humor. 2020. 95 min. In English with English subtitles. (R-mature themes). Hosted by Irv Slifkin. No registration required.