While Naomi Watts‘ Princess Diana biopic Diana is getting lambasted by critics, a new princess arrives in the form of Nicole Kidman. While both Watts and Kidman were early contenders for Best Actress nominations, it seems that Watts is almost out of the race already, opening a widening margin for Kidman’s take on a classic historical princess to slip in.
Directed by Olivier Dahan, Grace of Monaco follows the story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly’s crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco’s Prince Rainier III and France’s Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.
While there is not yet any shots from the film, this first peek gives a sense of both tone and style. Check it out below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgY1YMq3eDY
Grace of Monaco is directed by Olivier Dahan and stars Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, André Penvern, and Frank Langella. It opens in limited theaters on November 27.
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