The Chaperone

Running time: 108 mins

Love and longing in the roaring '20s. Downton Abbey's Elizabeth McGovern, Julian Fellowes, and Michael Engler reteam for a high drama set at the height of the Jazz Age. A Kansas woman, Norma, chaperones the budding, talented dancer Louise to a dance school in New York. Louise's free-spirited temperament clashes with Norma's demure personality. Norma has additional motives to travel to New York: she strives to find her birth parents. The search takes an unexpected turn when she meets a kind janitor. The evolution of both- Norma and Louise, and their unlikely friendship plays out against the backdrop of the prohibition era. In this time of illicit thrills, glitz, and glamour--flourishing with the sizzling fantasy-world of Broadway and speakeasies--Norma and Louise move towards their dreams. - Pratibha Kelapure