Rent Enchanted April (1991)
3.7 of 5 from 98 ratings
1h 35min
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- Synopsis:
- This delightful and witty adaptation of Elizabeth Von Arnim's novel has a superb cast and a location that creates a magic of its own. In grey, rainy 1920s England, Lotte and Rose, tired of their overbearing husbands, decide to rent a villa for a month in Portofino, Italy. To share the cost they are joined by two other, very different, women ? Lady Caroline, a beautiful but bored socialite and crusty old Mrs. Fisher, who has an impeccable literary pedigree. They all want to escape from trapped lives and in this paradise, in ways they never imagined possible, that is what they all do.
- Actors:
- Alfred Molina, Joan Plowright, Miranda Richardson, Josie Lawrence, Neville Phillips, Jim Broadbent, Michael Kitchen, Polly Walker, Stephen Beckett, Matthew Radford, Davide Manuli, Vittorio Duse, Adriana Facchetti, Anna Longhi
- Directors:
- Mike Newell
- Writers:
- Elizabeth von Arnim, Peter Barnes
- Others:
- Sheena Napier
- Aka:
- 情迷四月天
- Studio:
- 2 Entertain
- Genres:
- Drama
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Reviews (1) of Enchanted April
Spiritual Healing. - Enchanted April review by Steve
This version of Elizabeth von Arnim's 1922 novel was made by the BBC for television but later released to cinemas in the US where it was a minor hit and picked up three Oscar nominations. It's pure escapism; a vicarious fantasy. And so beautiful.
Four unacquainted women mostly suffering from disappointing marriages, the rainy grey fustiness of bourgeois London and a lingering despair brought on by WWI, relocate to the picturesque, rustic fishing village of Portofino in Northwest Italy...
In a historic castle rented out to tourists; in the light and warmth of the lovely coastal gardens; free for a month from the restrictions of their normal lives- and a few days from their inattentive husbands- they start to heal and thrive and grow again.
The sunny locations and sublime ensemble cast... dispense a dose of the tranquility and optimism the ladies find in themselves. It comforts like an opiate, emancipating the senses and soothing the heart... In the UK- in 1991- that was sweet release.
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