Composer:
John LunnCast:
Aneurin Barnard, Rebecca Ferguson, Amanda Hale, Oscar Kennedy, Reece Pockney, Juliet Aubrey, James Frain, Max Irons, Janet McTeer, Hugh Mitchell, David Oakes (more)VOD (1)
Episodes(10)
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Amoureuse du roi (E01)
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Le Prix du pouvoir (E02)
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La Tempête (E03)
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La Méchante Reine (E04)
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La Guerre pour toute réponse (E05)
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Amour et trahison (E06)
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Poison et malvoisie (E07)
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Le Roi est mort (E08)
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Les Princes dans la tour (E09)
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La Dernière Bataille (E10)
Plots(1)
The White Queen is a riveting portrayal of one of the most dramatic and turbulent times in English history. A story of love and lust, seduction and deception, betrayal and murder, it is uniquely told through the perspective of three different, yet equally relentless women - Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville. In their quest for power, they will scheme, manipulate and seduce their way onto the English throne.
The year is 1464 and war over who is the rightful King has been ravaging throughout England. It is a bitter dispute between two sides of the same family, The House of York and The House of Lancaster, and these three ruthless women are each desperately vying for the crown.
(official distributor synopsis)
Reviews (3)
After watching The White Queen, I have to say that it is definitely a better historical series from the world of English aristocratic medieval times. It has a good storyline, quality medieval setting, often some episodes also offer solid plot twists that attract me to continue watching. But on top of all that, there is a terrible amount of romance and furthermore, The White Queen and the women around her were so terribly hysterical that I struggled to endure all the talk about children. After watching similar series, however, you immediately sense where the author of Game of Thrones gathered inspiration...
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I expected far better of this series than I eventually got. The creators clearly didn't have an exorbitant budget at their disposal, so all of the action takes place off screen, with more focus on romance and frequent baring of certain body parts (that’s right, breast men rejoice). For some reason, the series features a sort of witchcraft theme (I guess because Harry Potter’s so popular), which really got on my nerves. All in all, it was a mixed bag of positives and negatives for me, so my opinion of the whole series can be summed up using a neutral three stars.
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Considering that The White Queen series focuses on a rather dramatic period in England's history, it's a bit too romanticized for my taste. I also didn't quite grasp those supernatural abilities in the female lineage of Elizabeth Woodville. The filmmakers could really have done without that. Nevertheless, several episodes were quite engagingly filmed, so I'll overlook the pile of unnecessary baggage. (60%)
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