Enchanted April

Enchanted April

About

Fed up with her fuss-budget husband Molina and the miserable London weather, Lottie (Lawrence) rents a castle in Tuscany. To keep her company, she invites three other Englishwomen who are equally disillusioned with their domestic situations to come along. In Italy they get in touch with their emotions, have a few petty squabbles and generally try not to be English in a particularly English way. An undeniably pretty but ultimately vacant period drama, the acting, directed with the customary sensitivity by Newell, is top-notch with photography and locations to match.

Cast & Connections

Actor: Alfred Molina, Josie Lawrence, Jim Broadbent, Polly Walker, Joan Plowright, Miranda Richardson
Director: Mike Newell
Writer: Peter Barnes
Producer: Ann Scott
Photographer: Rex Maidment

In a nutshell

It all adds up to a pretty film with nowhere to go.

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