Hyde Park on Hudson

Year: 2012

Country: UK

Tagline: The President. The First Lady. The King. The Queen. The Mother. The Mistress...One weekend would unite two great nations...After cocktails of course.  »

Plot: In 1930s Hudson Valley, Margaret "Daisy" Suckley is reacquainted with her distant cousin, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to help him relax at his family estate. That aid soon develops into much more as they become lovers. That puts Daisy in a unique position as Roosevelt receives the King and Queen of Britain in 1939 for a visit. As the Royal couple copes with the President's oddly plebeian arrangements, Daisy learns that there is far more to Roosevelt's life than she realized. With the world about to be set ablaze by war, friendships are struck and perspectives are gained on that special weekend that would make all the difference with a great, but very human, president.Hyde Park on Hudson is a biographical historical comedy-drama film about Franklin D.Roosevelt and his cousin-friend Margaret "Daisy" Suckley. Although they are long-distance for a long time, Roosevelt and Daisy form a close and romantic relationship as he often asks her to visit Hyde Park. What will she do when she discovers Roosevelt has an affair with his secretary?

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