The Dowager Countess Explains | Downton Abbey: A New Era
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Everyone's confusion over the Dowager Countess' inheritance of a villa in the south of France is finally put at rest as she explains everything...
The worldwide phenomenon continues in "Downton Abbey 2," the follow-up to 2019’s hit feature film extension of the globally popular television series. The sequel reunites the original principal cast, who are joined by Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye and Dominic West. The film's screenplay is written by "Downton Abbey" creator and Academy Award® winner Julian Fellowes, who produces once again with Emmy® and BAFTA Award winner Gareth Neame and Emmy® Award winner Liz Trubridge. The film is directed by Emmy® and BAFTA nominated director Simon Curtis ("My Week with Marilyn").
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"Do I look as if I'd turn down a villa in the south of France?" was her way of telling Mary "I may be old, but I'm not stupid.."
" Do I look like I'd turn down a villa in the south of France?" Maggie Smith delivered ANOTHER memorable quip !! IF there ever is a third DA movie, it won't be the same without the Dowager!
@Landis963
Жыл бұрын
She has a point, too. Would you turn down a villa in the South of France? I certainly wouldn't.
@mercedesdelrioalvarez5703
Жыл бұрын
@@Landis963 e
@mercedesdelrioalvarez5703
Жыл бұрын
En español Mi
@harveyspecter1855
Жыл бұрын
@@Landis963 there are people who are stupidly kind or kindly stupid enough who would turn down a villa in the south of france upon the request of the previous owner's widow.
@Landis963
Жыл бұрын
@@harveyspecter1855 That is a good point. I'd like to think I would be one of those people, especially as it became clear and unequivocal that the widow didn't have anywhere else to go.
I love how Edith and Mary have gone beyond their childhood hatred of each other, grown up and found that supporting each other is far more beneficial
The Dowager Countess, even before dying, secured the future of her great grandchildren! She is the epitome of wisdom!
@oolala53
7 ай бұрын
But if the expense of somebody else. That’s the way the aristocracy works.
@ethelryan257
6 ай бұрын
At the expense of whom? The villa had been heres for well over half-a-century. The French family is enormously well off. Her children are well off. All her grandchildren but one will have great wealth - why not give that child something of great value?@@oolala53
@SilverGreenEyes18
3 ай бұрын
@@oolala53ofc not, she was given the villa as a gift by the owner who had the right to decide what to do with his own property
Love how Dowager’s immediate thought was “which of my grandkids needs it the most?” ☺️
@kathleenlouise783
Жыл бұрын
I loved everything she said ❤️❤️I miss her terribly
@chimaobiihekaire8481
Жыл бұрын
**great grandkids
@rald224
Жыл бұрын
She has always loved Branson like a great grandson. She admires and praises him always. Take notice.
@cheappinoy1053
Жыл бұрын
Siby doesn't even "need" it as she will inherit Baroness Bagshaw's estate
@midnightbluefairy
Жыл бұрын
@@cheappinoy1053 technically she may not: as Dowager mentions in this clip, it will be Branson’s FUTURE children who will inherit it, as the estate belongs to his new wife. That means it goes towards HER, the new wife’s, descendants. This is why the Dowager gave this vila to Sybbie, as by inheritance policy she’ll be unintentional made to get nothing
It is sweet seeing Mary and Edith get along
@m.layfette6249
Жыл бұрын
What's even sweeter is seeing them together with their children playing and growing up at Downton.
@chrisbekker8834
Жыл бұрын
Edith now outranks Mary, so getting along is more a matter of form.
@riverrojas2036
Жыл бұрын
Sometimes distance is the healthiest option
@mysparklingjoy
Жыл бұрын
It is indeed! I really enjoy their interactions now 😊
@mi3helle707
Жыл бұрын
@@riverrojas2036 💯
It kills me how much these people keep getting such serendipitously fantastic inheritances.
It's so nice of Violet to remember her late granddaughter and eldest great-grandchild. Given the Crawley family's history, ala Edith, Sybbie probably would have been overlooked. And that would've been a tragedy and a pity.
"There's only One reason old ladies summon their lawyers."
"Class" is one of those indescribable qualities of life... The only thing I can say is "Maggie Smith" has it in bucket loads.
I would have loved to see a flashback of a young Violet as she told the story of visiting the Frenchman at the villa.
Is it just me or does that opening theme music just make you giddy with sheer delight. ☺️💜☺️💜☺️💜☺️💜
@TheJFerg24
Жыл бұрын
The French horns were a next level addition
@m.layfette6249
Жыл бұрын
@@TheJFerg24 IKR! The theme music 🎶 of Downton Abbey gives the show that extra bounce in its steps.
@JKLoans
Жыл бұрын
It was the highlight of my Sundays in January for six years. You bet it makes me giddy.
@m.layfette6249
Жыл бұрын
@@JKLoans I'm right there with you my friend.
@lizjo7213
Жыл бұрын
Agreed...
"And leave you to discuss my mysterious past."
@mariashaffer-gordon3561
Жыл бұрын
Remembering how she almost ran away with a Russian prince when she was a young woman, it seems that Violet had a terribly interesting life.
I enjoy how Robert uses old school language instead of calling it just making it a film, and then no one calls him out when he calls it "KInema."
@dbmag9
Жыл бұрын
It references the pronunciation of the Ancient Greek word that 'cinema' comes from (via French). British newsreaders still pronounced 'ski' the German way, 'shee', until surprisingly recently!
@theoutlook55
Жыл бұрын
@@dbmag9 cool
@DowntonAbbey_fan
Жыл бұрын
@@dbmag9 I kinda assumed it was because he didn’t know how to say cinema and so he just called it kinema
I'd have loved it to be an entire episode and humour and shock on The Dowager Countess' "flings" in the past. It'd be very funny and fun to watch. Spending a few "days" (and/or nights) and she got a villa ... :)
0:31 Still get a thrill hearing that theme!
Absolutely one of the best show in years!!
"Of course it would happen to a foreigner. No Englishman would dream of dying in someone else's house"
@mariashaffer-gordon3561
Жыл бұрын
Violet always had the best lines, didn't she?
No one ever gives me any villas in the south of France :(
I love how the Dowager leaves the room knowing she’s gonna be the topic of conversation 😂
I could watch this show 24 hours a day...
@user-iz4mq4td2u
7 ай бұрын
Me I wish it would go on for ever
Imagine! Using Downton as a location for film!
@m.layfette6249
Жыл бұрын
"I think it's a MAD idea!"
@Diamondelle84
Жыл бұрын
Very meta 😏
@GosieKin
Жыл бұрын
It might pay for the roof repairs though 😉
@andrewjones-productions
7 ай бұрын
Scandalous, I know. I would have suggested to the Crawleys that they insist that Downton Abbey be given a pseudonym in the film and call it Highclere Castle.
The first thing that struck me is Hugh Bonneville’s weight loss.
@kaidenshepard8446
Жыл бұрын
indeed and softened voice, whereas in the early series it seemed more pronounced
@calarch78
Жыл бұрын
First thing I noticed was his orange face - egads
@l.a.3479
Жыл бұрын
@@calarch78🤣
@MuhammadHassan-hj6mx
2 ай бұрын
Everyone looked very tanned in this film, Idk why@@calarch78
5:35 - 6:15 Hmmm. Mary's remarking on her husband's absence in very polite terms, even though deep down she would've realized the main reason of Henrys long absence from Downton is he most likely has found a new 'traveling companion' that shares his love of car racing more than Mary did 😥
@bubsmurf8622
8 ай бұрын
meanwhile the real reason was the actor was unavailable.
Whatttttttt new era...... after all the awesome seasons how did I miss this the new era....wonderful
Bravo 👏 Julian fellows, however I do have one major question why wasn't Rosalind by her mother's side when she passed away?
I know the reason Henry isn’t in this film bc the actor had other commitments but I really help if there’s a third film Henry is in it and he and Mary are still happily married
Lovely drone shots in this film.
Hugh Bonneville lost quite a bit of weight. I had to do a double take. He looks great!
@muriaal
Жыл бұрын
I thought it was a different actor when I saw it in theatres!
@Nina-hl5qk
Жыл бұрын
I thought he looked ill and aged
@BookishRaider
Жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly when I saw this.
@samueldatri2020
Жыл бұрын
His voice changed a lot too! I wonder why
I love both movies of downton abby💕 i love all seasons of Downton abby💕
@michelechartier6322
Жыл бұрын
Moi aussi Je suis fan fan .
Weird seeing Edith and Mary be nice to each other.
@user-mf6yb3vx7h
7 ай бұрын
They are no longer board out of their mines.
I hope there's going to be movie about the Dowager. She lived a very colorful life it seems.
LOOK AT HOW MUCH DARLING SYBBIE HAS GROWN ❤❤❤
magical
*Hooked!* Now I have-to watch it again.
The actor who plays Robert lost a great deal of weight. His voice has changed too. Obviously I haven't seen the 2nd. film yet.
4:27 "Potty" 😂😂🤣
loved the film
Made me 😥when she died !
This movie was waaaaaaaay Better than the first one.
I’ve watched this movie an unsettling amount of times. It’s one of my top feel good movies. Having said that, every time I’ve watched I’ve wondered how the car went that hastily up the drive. Was there two cars?
Suddenly all the cast becomes mediterranean..!
@l.a.3479
Жыл бұрын
🤣
Blood is thicker than water. Love is the greatest gift though. Comforting.
I don't think they ever said how much they offered on the back of the card
@l.a.3479
Жыл бұрын
Doesn't matter. You can tell it's a more than generous amount by the reactions of Mary and Edith.
I know this is fiction, but part of me wonders the state of the villa at the end of World War 2
@andrewjones-productions
7 ай бұрын
Yes indeed! I just left a comment mentioning that myself. This was Vichy France, technically 'independent' and unoccupied. However, the Vichy Government adopted a policy of collaboration and were nothing more than a puppet state of the Nazis. It is likely that foreign ownership by a member of an enemy state would have been nullified and new owners or possibly the use of the villa in some military or hospital like way was possible. It merely could have been confiscated and the contents looted and sold off.
Mr. Barber does a wonderful job as a DA on Law & Order.
@KoiYakultGreenTea
Жыл бұрын
He’s also wonderful as a empath on Hannibal
Puede ser en español? Gracias
I’m not saying this to assume anything, but Hugh Boniville (The actor who portrays Lord Grantham) looks like he’s lost some weight in the multiple scenes that he was in.
Is there gonna be another season -anyone know????
@flyboy152
Жыл бұрын
There won’t be any more seasons of Downton on TV. There is a remote possibility of a 3rd movie, but don’t get your hopes up.
How is Sybbie's situation different from Marigold's? Not sure I get the thought process there.
@rayvnsamone53
Жыл бұрын
Marigold inherits her late fathers news paper business, and his flat in London, so she is set as well, Lady Edith set it up in a prior season.
@flyboy152
Жыл бұрын
She’s growing up as the step daughter of a Marquess who loves her like his daughter. I’m sure he & Edith will make provisions for her.
@katherinewilson1853
9 ай бұрын
Branson is not an aristocrat. Marigold, on the other hand, is born with her mother being an aristocrat. It's the glass ceiling of generational wealth. While Tom likely won't be knighted, he can gain wealth for Sybbie, and that villa is a place he's never personally going to be wealthy enough to buy. With the gift of it, Sybbie is now far more wealthy and by extension, so is the Grantham family.
I wonder why is this removed from Netflix.
@flyboy152
Жыл бұрын
Netflix gets shows from other networks on contracts, sometimes for a year, sometimes two. Eventually the contract ends.
Here's a question...How much $$$ was written on the back of that business card?
@cyrilmauras4247
Жыл бұрын
Well, enough for Mary to rebuild the roof of Downton Abbey.
@annamo9354
Жыл бұрын
@@cyrilmauras4247 which would be about GBP 750000 to a million in todays' money. At least that's what it would cost today, esp. on a Grade I listed house.
@andrewjones-productions
7 ай бұрын
None. It would have been written in £££££,
The Dowager was so severe.
This is the first clip I've watched of the second movie. Partially because the first movie was (probably more than a little) disappointing compared to the series and I suspected the second would be too. From this clip, pretty sure that would / will be the case when I eventually watch it in full. No matter what the budget, there just isn't time enough for nuance (even the series began dropping that after the first few seasons). The story suffers, the actors' opportunity to convey emotion suffers, even the wit becomes forced.
I beg your pardon!
8:02 i thought she's wearing CARTIER HIGH JEWELRY NECKLACE worth $230,000
Yes honey, you would turn down that villa!
And where is Henry ? I miss him …
@davidthaler7018
Жыл бұрын
‘Henry’ thought his time was better spent making some film about the making of another film. He won’t be back-the actor doesn’t wanna play in the Crawley sandbox anymore.
Why is everyone (including the photography and filters) so orange in this film? It looks almost bizarre.
@rp7784
9 ай бұрын
Haha it's because they filmed much of this movie in the south of France which is much more hot than in the UK, hence why some of the cast are rocking a tan.
@Diogenes-jn7nh
9 ай бұрын
@@rp7784 but even before France, they were orange. 🍊
@rp7784
9 ай бұрын
@@Diogenes-jn7nh that's probably because they had to film some scenes in France before they did the UK segments.
💙🙂💚
Why is everyone so tanned?
@susanv.7540
Жыл бұрын
I remember reading that some members of the cast had gone for a boat ride on a sunny day, and ended up getting severe sunburns.
Why did you let her Die !! I know Maggie wanted it, but did the Dowager want it ?
@user-ix1rp9ff3p
Жыл бұрын
her continued longevity will already be in violation of the laws of Nature
@theoutlook55
Жыл бұрын
They already alluded to how she was going to die in the first movie, I'm just glad that we had her to be the pivotal plot point of the second movie. Also, it's always nice when you're able to end on your own terms, story-wise that is.
@Landis963
Жыл бұрын
Judging from the first movie, yes, she did. "I have lived an interesting and privileged life and now - it's time to go." EDIT: corrected the timing of the quote.
@m.layfette6249
Жыл бұрын
Settle down children, I've heard through the grapevine that there is a Downton Abbey Prequel is in the works. "And who could argue with that!"
@mariashaffer-gordon3561
Жыл бұрын
@@m.layfette6249 Do you suppose Violet was as tart tongued when she was young as she is as an old woman?
somehow I felt unconnected to this story.... it did not engage me in the way the TV series and first film did. I cannot say why .... but something was wrong ... the pacing? the French villa which we barely saw? the lack of Mary's husband? The movie stuff ... Barrow's departure... it just did not feel right...
@curtyeomans8446
Жыл бұрын
Perhaps it was the fact that they tried to stuff all of that (plus he whole Daisy/Andy/Mr. Mason living together thing and Molesley and Ms Baxter getting engaged) into one film
@marisolfernandez9356
6 ай бұрын
I don't like Barrow's end!
First German, then France... Dowager is international wild back then, lol
They all look great in the new series. The storyline with being given a villa in the south of France 60 years ago that she didn't take seriously / pay up keep on all those years is a bit far fetched.
@terminallumbago6465
Жыл бұрын
She wouldn’t have needed to pay for anything with it because it belonged to the Marquis de Montmirail until his death, when he left it to the Dowager. It was willed to her. Also I’m sure she may have thought it was a scam or a joke, as it’s indicated later in the movie that his love for her was unrequited (or at least not followed through on).
Why is Rosamund there???? It doesn’t make sense 🧐
Denker don't stare me 😂😂😂😂
@fannycraddock99
Жыл бұрын
It's steer me!
@muhammadrashid6699
Жыл бұрын
@@fannycraddock99 Stare s the right spelling steer is to change the direction of something
@fannycraddock99
Жыл бұрын
@@muhammadrashid6699 sorry but it's steer. look up a dictionary. Plus if you listen to what she says to Denker and her subsequent reply.
@muhammadrashid6699
Жыл бұрын
@@fannycraddock99 ok may be i m wrong though i saw dictionary it was steer but English is my third language
@fannycraddock99
Жыл бұрын
@@muhammadrashid6699 no worries, glad to have helped.
Robert it’s so skinny! Why it’s that ?
@Nyx773
Жыл бұрын
Because he decided to lose weight.
@MyMags8
Жыл бұрын
Because when the stomach ulcer burst half his stomach was removed to save his life. My Uncle experienced the same & was a thin man for the rest of his life…..
@kerriethompson2073
Жыл бұрын
His voice was different as well.
@KD-nk3ht
Жыл бұрын
It its length up to par at least?
@l.a.3479
Жыл бұрын
*IS, not it's
As I’m watching this scene, I’m cracking up because Hugh Bonneville is already so tan! They must have filmed the France location scenes before filming at Highclere began.
Gosh, the writing really took a nosedive after season two, maybe three…
Omg 😳 you played in Harry Potter I’m a really big big big fan I watched all of the Harry Potter movies
Too much plastic surgery, make-up, stiff hair, and cheesy music. The filming doesnt seem as relaxed and authentic anymore. Feels more like watching people in a museum.
@laerwen
Жыл бұрын
Plastic surgery? What are you talking about? The music is the same as it was, what do you mean? Stiff hair - you mean 1920s hairstyles???
Why is Lord Grantham so heavily made up?
@Kingiwingi8713
Жыл бұрын
It was something to do with the film schedule. The Highclere filming was delayed but then they filmed the France scenes in a heatwave then did the house scenes so he had a tan.
If Maggie Smith is willing and able to do another movie, Violet's death could be written as a dream or a vision.
@l.a.3479
Жыл бұрын
🤦🙄
British Lion 🦁... gee, what actual film company was that a knockoff of...
@thomasmccaghrey9888
Жыл бұрын
Nothing, it was an actual film company which was founded in 1927
Stupid pompous storyline.
Good God, they destroyed this series…. nobody’s recognizable, the only one surprisingly recognizable is the old lady and she’s the oldest. Hugh Bonneville looks horrible. It don’t even sound like him.
@abhilashmishra3601
3 ай бұрын
12 years …do u still expect Mary to look like the time she met Pamuk? Lmao
This movie was horrid.
@l.a.3479
Жыл бұрын
It always said nice things about you. 🤷
@manicangel7796
Жыл бұрын
@@l.a.3479 Lol.. I bet Thomas had nothing nice to say about me. I adored! the series but the movie was not good.
Empty. Useless.Very painful sequel to watch.
@10293
11 ай бұрын
Yes, you are those things
The highlight of this clip is Marigold calling Edith her "mummy."