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      A Harlot's Progress

      2006 1h 39m History Drama Biography List
      Reviews 60% 50+ Ratings Audience Score A courtesan (Zoe Tapper) beguiles 18th-century British artist William Hogarth (Toby Jones), but his pursuit of her threatens to destroy his career, health and happiness. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Interesting story line about William Hogarth, a famous painter who was inspired to paint the poverty and misery of his time and the women driven by their poor environment into the sordid and dangerous life of prostitution. He too rose from poverty to prominence due to his art work. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member An interesting watch, often juxtaposing modern London with the Georgian one (however made up it may be). Some good performances and emotion. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member I am rating this months after watching it so I can't say it is very fresh in my memory. The film is a dramatisation of the Hogarth's series of woodcuts "A Harlot's Progress", describing a girl's fateful descent into vice and disease. I found the use of anachronistic city sounds in some of the shots rather effective. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Imagining the story behind William Hogarth and the unnamed woman (or women) who inspired his famous work, A Harlot's Progress. Like Hogarth's art, this film is an indictment of the squalor and hypocrisy of Georgian London. A great cast, including Toby Jones, Zoe Tapper and Sophie Thompson. Brings powerfully to life the indignation behind Hogarth's biting satire, and by using voiceovers, compares the ills of that age to the present day. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member i stayed up until nearly 2am watching this last night on more 4! it was superb: a stellar cast, and showed how awful life was for fallen women in 18th century london. it was occasionally interspersed with news bulletin voiceovers from the 21st century which were pertinent to the unfolding drama, and brilliantly demonstrated that the squalor, alcoholism, drug addiction, degradation, exploitation, poverty, disease, starvation, death and everything else associated with the sex trade are still with us. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Definitely a very refreshing period piece. Not striving for authenticity, the envisioning of Hogarth's series of paintings, and other integration with artwork, is very interesting. The injection of more modern references provides a empathic bridge to the past. It doesn't always work, but overall this was a pretty good film. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A courtesan (Zoe Tapper) beguiles 18th-century British artist William Hogarth (Toby Jones), but his pursuit of her threatens to destroy his career, health and happiness.
      Director
      Justin Hardy
      Screenwriter
      Clive Bradley
      Genre
      History, Drama, Biography
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jul 10, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 39m