by Jason Buchanan
synopsis
Producer/director Roger Michell teams with screenwriter Richard Nelson to adapt Nelson's BBC radio play chronicling the extramarital affair between President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Bill Murray) and his distant cousin, Daisy (Laura Linney), which comes to light during a royal visit from the King and Queen of England (Samuel West and Olivia Colman) at his home in Hyde Park. As war engulfs Europe and the king seeks the support of the American president, President Roosevelt struggles to balance his domestic affairs with his international obligations as Commander in Chief.
characteristics
- Crowned Heads
- Infidelity
- Heads Of State
- President
- Queen [royalty]
- Presidency
- Marital-problems
- King
- Marriage-problems
