Based on Laura Moriarty’s best-selling book, THE CHAPERONE takes place amid the backdrop of the tumultuous times of the early 1920s and reunites the writer and director of Downtown Abbey (Michael Engler) with its star (Elizabeth McGovern).
The life of a Kansas woman (McGovern) is forever changed when she chaperones a beautiful and talented 15-year-old dancer named Louise Brooks to New York for the summer. One of them is eager to fulfil her destiny of dance and movie stardom; the other hopes to unearth the mysteries of her past.
Thursday 25th April
108 min
PG
Drama