Painted Lady

Netflix movie last night and this morning - interrupted by that rascally wind that Eric said got up to 83 mph out at his place. The movie, Painted Lady, is a Masterpiece Theater production, is very long (208 minutes and I would have watched even more!), is super and stars that simply wonderful actress (actor?) Helen Mirren. Has multiple things to recommend it including art history, WWII shenanigans, mysterious buildings with long, dark corridors deep within their bowels, love (of course), violence, humor, a sisterly love that was enchanting, country estates in grand British fashion, art auctions, thugs and thieves and other very bad men, sex, jazz and blues music. But most of all it has Helen Mirren. She's a love, plays a 50 something woman, has multiple lovers, is daring, timid, courageous, fragile, and many other things as well. Did I say I love her? Gave it a rating of five.