Savage House, Starring Claire Foy and Richard E. Grant Lands In Cinemas This Week
Claire Foy and Richard E. Grant starring in a period drama comedy about class and social climbing- what’s not to get excited about? Savage House, which releases this week in the UK, brings the two stars together as an image-conscious aristocrat and his sharply intelligent wife who try to increase their social standing in 18th-century England. If you saw The Favourite a few years back, think along those darkly comedic lines. Intrigued? Here’s what you need to know:
What is Savage House about?
Foy and Grant, of course, have already done a few roles where they play wealthy and powerful people in Britain: Foy starred as Elizabeth II in the first couple of seasons of The Crown, and Grant was part of the starry cast of Saltburn, among other projects. So any film that sees the pair of them living in a big fancy house and always wanting to be seen as “part of the elite” will fit like a glove. Grant plays Sir Chauncey Savage, who, as well as being flamboyantly named (and dressed), is a wholly unscrupulous social climber who will try to boost his standing and status whatever the cost. However, he’s mostly gotten as far as he has on shaky ground, having taken on a lot of debt and used his brash talent for talking himself up.
But there’s a new opportunity for him to really impress England’s aristocracy when he’s invited to host the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, and Sir Chauncey jumps at the chance. He’ll be joined in hosting them by his wife, Lady Savage (Foy), who luckily for her husband is sharp, shrewd and intelligent. They might have a grand, fancy house to show the Duke and Duchess around, but they quickly find themselves trying to cover up the cracks and pretend they’re not as dysfunctional as they really are. In a time of a series of pox outbreaks and the threat of a Jacobite uprising, there’s a lot that can go wrong- and things threaten to spin seriously out of hand.
They might have a grand, fancy house to show the Duke and Duchess around, but they quickly find themselves trying to cover up the cracks and pretend they’re not as dysfunctional as they really are.
Is there a trailer, and when can I watch it?
The official trailer, which you can watch below, gives a glimpse of all the hugely extravagant costumes, corsets and wigs you’d expect from 18th-century aristocrats, and some of the outlandishly daft comedy. Savage House will be arriving in UK cinemas at the end of the week, on June 5th 2026.
