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- DramaPeriodMini Series
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The Crimson Petal and the White, 2011 - 2010
English
Profile of The Crimson Petal and the White
The Crimson Petal and the White can be described as biting, captivating, and sexual. The plot revolves around a prostitute, social decay, and being rich or poor. The main genres are drama and period. In terms of style, it is a mini-series and stars a strong female character. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is located in London. It takes place in the Victorian era. It is based on a book.
Summary of The Crimson Petal and the White
In Victorian London, William Rackham is the heir to a perfume business and has a mentally ill wife, Agnes, who is confined to her home. Despite his dreams to become a renowned writer, he has no talent and his father decides to cut his allowance until William starts working seriously in the company. William meets and becomes infatuated with a young and intelligent prostitute named Sugar, who is writing a novel of her own, filled with hatred and revenge against all the men who abused her and her colleagues. William moves Sugar into a flat of her own on the condition that she sees him exclusively, while she helps him emotionally and financially by giving good advice on how to handle the company. Sugar becomes more and more attached to William and, as she comments to one of her old friends, "the world that comes with him". Eventually he moves her into the Rackham household under the pretence to work as a governess to his young daughter Sophie, the daughter Agnes has never acknowledged the existence of due to her madness. Agnes becomes increasingly unstable and desperate and, having caught glimpses of Sugar, believes her to be her own guardian angel who will bring her to the imaginary Convent of Health.
With time Sugar grows close to Sophie, becoming the mother she never had, and Agnes, by reading her journals and helping her. Agnes' irrational behaviour risks her being incarcerated in an asylum and the night before she is taken and William is away, Sugar helps Agnes to escape. Later on a body is found that William identifies as Agnes (he recognises only her hair, not knowing that Agnes had cut her hair before escaping). William and Sugar's relationship grows distant, with William treating Sugar more and more like a servant and adviser rather than a lover. Sugar becomes pregnant, but realising that William no longer wants her, aborts her baby. William begins to court another woman, despite telling Sugar things would get better, and when he discovers Sugar's pregnancy (not knowing about the abortion), he coldly tells her to leave.
Enraged by the betrayal, Sugar gathers Sophie's belongings and runs away with her. While running away, Sugar loses her manuscript and buys a new notebook to start a new story and a new life with Sophie. Meanwhile, William discovers what Sugar has done and tries to catch up with them, but after being mocked by Sugar's old friends he realises he has lost everything.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Seasons: | 1 |
Cast and Crew
as Janey 4 episodes, 2011
as Sugar 4 episodes, 2011
as William Rackham 4 episodes, 2011
as Factory worker/ ... 4 episodes, 2011
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