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Other Boleyn Girl, The

Gorgeous costumes and exquisite sets dominate this engrossing and intriguing historical drama that depicts an uncommonly known piece of English history in which the ruthless, power-hungry Duke of Norfolk (David Morrissey) uses his ambitious brother-in-law (Mark Rylance) as a pawn against the wishes of his sister (Kristin Scott Thomas) to benefit himself and the Boleyn family by trying to prostitute his headstrong niece, Ann Boleyn (Natalie Portman), but the greedy plan backfires when King Henry VII (Eric Bana) becomes smitten with her younger, married sister Mary (Scarlett Johansson), which eventually leads to a jealous sibling rivalry, the downfall of the Boleyns, and England's break from the Catholic Church after the king annuls his marriage to Katherine of Aragon (Ana Torrent).
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