The Private Death of Lizzy Siddal(2020)

The Private Death of Lizzy Siddal is a biographical drama about the tragic life of Elizabeth Siddal, the iconic Pre-Raphaelite muse who captivated Victorian artists in the 1850s. Born in 1829, Siddal became the muse and wife of painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, inspiring some of the era's most celebrated artworks. Her beauty and artistic presence defined the Pre-Raphaelite movement, yet her life was marked by struggle and addiction to laudanum, the opium-based medicine widely used in the period. The film explores the private toll of her fame, her turbulent marriage to Rossetti, and the circumstances surrounding her mysterious death in 1862 at just thirty-two years old. It's a poignant portrait of a woman whose image endured in art long after her life ended in tragedy.