Restoration
1995
In Restoration England, a dissolute painter at the court of Charles II is forced to flee London after a murder and finds himself working in a grim lunatic asylum, where he befriends a fellow patient who may hold the key to his survival. Robert Downey Jr. and Meg Ryan star in this visually lavish but dark historical drama.
Director
- Michael Hoffman
Cast
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Sam Neill
- David Thewlis
- Polly Walker
- Meg Ryan
- Ian McKellen
- Hugh Grant
Filming Locations
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Caerphilly Castle
Caerphilly Castle was used for the Great Fire of London and Cheapside market scenes, with the castle's 13th-century moat doubling for the 17th-century River Thames in the chaos of the fire.