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Downton Abbey: A New Era

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In Theaters: May 20, 2022

On DVD/Blu-ray: July 5, 2022

PG | Drama | 2h 4m

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Violet, the Dowager Countess of Grantham (Maggie Smith) inherits a villa in the South of France from an old friend and decides to leave it to Sybil and Tom's daughter Sibbie, because she's the only one of her great-grandchildren whose future isn't secure. Meanwhile, a filmmaker (Hugh Dancy) gets permission from Mary (Michelle Dockery) to shoot a moving picture at Downton Abbey. Robert (Hugh Bonneville) thinks having actors and actresses hanging around plastered in makeup is a terrible idea, but other members of the family — and the servants — are thrilled.

In order to miss Mary's "frightful film," as Robert calls it, some of the family members, including Robert, Cora (Elizabeth McGovern), Edith (Laura Carmichael), Bertie (Harry Hadden-Paton), Rosamund (Samantha Bond), Tom (Allen Leech) and his new bride Lucy (Tuppence Middleton), as well as Lucy's mother Maud (Imelda Staunton), travel to the south of France to solve the mystery of why Violet's friend left her a villa.

Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Joanne Froggatt, Harry Hadden-Paton, Robert James-Collier, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera, Tuppence Middleton, Lesley Nicol, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Penelope Wilton, Michael Fox, Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye, Dominic West, Jonathan Zaccaï, Samantha Bond, Douglas Reith, Sue Johnston
Director: Simon Curtis
Studio: Focus Features
Producer(s): Gareth Neame, Liz Trubridge
Writer(s): Julian Fellowes