Elizabeth

“Declared illegitimate aged 3. Tried for treason aged 21. Crowned Queen aged 25.”

Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett) wants to rule in her own right, but she takes the throne after the death of her half-sister Mary, who had her imprisoned. Her council keeps pressing her to marry, the Catholics want her gone, and she is in love with Lord Robert Dudley (Joseph Fiennes). Shekhar Kapur makes the court a place where staying alive means working out who to trust.