The movie stars Maggie Smith who was seen last Christmans is the movie A Boy Called Christmas and was in the original TV series and movie, it also stars Elizabeth McGovern who as well as being in the original Downton movie was in the remake Clash of the Titans in 2010 - for which her co-star Maggie Smith was in the original 1981 version.
The movie is directed this time by Simon Curtis who directed Goodbye Christopher Robin from 2017.
The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the South of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa.
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