Restoration (1995 film)

Restoration is a 1995 American historical drama film directed by Michael Hoffman. It stars Robert Downey, Jr. as a 17thcentury medical student exploited by a debauched king. The film, which is based on the novel of the same title by Rose Tremain, was filmed in Wales and won two Academy Awards.

Merivel rejoins his old friend, John Pearce David Thewlis, who has opened a Quaker sanitarium. There, Merivel meets Katherine Meg Ryan, a troubled young woman whose husband walked out on her after their daughter drowned in the river. Merivel and Katherine become lovers. Pearce falls fatally ill with consumption, and while Merivel is tending to his dying friend, they discover that Katherine is pregnant with Merivels child. After the death of Pearce, Merivel and Katherine leave.The pair returns to London just as the Great Plague has hit. Katherine gives birth to a daughter, Margaret, via Caesarean section, but dies in the process as there is no way to ward off infection once the body has been cut open. In her dying moments, Merivel promises Katherine that he will care for Margaret, and that he loves Katherine. ........

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