Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)

In Regency England, Lord William Lamb and Lady Caroline Lamb have just gotten married despite the protestations of his mother, Lady Melbourne, in she believing Caroline and her mother being inappropriate, most notably acting wildly "common", not up to the standards that their wealth and titles dictate. While she is guilty of similar acts as Caroline's mother, Lady Bessborough, such as infidelity, Lady Melbourne counters the important difference between them is discretion versus indiscretion in carrying out those acts. What neither William or Lady Melbourne knows about is Caroline's nervous constitution for which she self-medicates. William and Caroline's differences become apparent in their marriage which begin to drive them apart. Caroline becomes mutually attracted to equally wild but poor Lord Byron, they only openly beginning an affair after he becomes famous and wealthy from his published poetry, he becoming the toast of the town and catching the eye of many a young, adoring female. Believing that she is in love with Byron, Caroline goes to extreme lengths to hold onto him while she and William become to need the other emotionally for their own sanity. The problem for William is his up and coming political career which is only hindered by the outrageous behavior of his wife.