The Painter's Daughters

1759, Ipswich. Sisters Peggy and Molly Gainsborough are the best of friends, inseparable. They spy on their father as he paints and torment their mother, who takes care of the accounts, running barefoot through the muddy fields around the house. But there is another reason for their closeness: since she was little, Molly has sometimes forgotten who she is, becoming confused, and Peggy instinctively knows that no one must find out. When the family moves to Bath, Thomas Gainsborough becomes a sought-after portraitist, and his daughters join the local bustling high-society life. Here, the most important values are refined behaviour and a favourable marriage, and in such an environment, it is much harder to keep a secret. Peggy tries to protect her sister at all costs, but then she falls in love, and the long-held balance begins to rapidly unravel. Based on the true story of the Gainsborough family, full of dramatic twists and fascinating descriptions of the luxurious 18th-century spa town, this story movingly illustrates the importance of art, independence, and sisterhood. It also seeks an answer to the question of what we are willing to sacrifice for love. The dramatic life story inspired by the lives of the painter Thomas Gainsborough's daughters.