Enchanted April (1991)

Buy This Item Enchanted April (1991) by Paramount  Available from Amazon  $19.95  on 8-27-2008     This lovely, 1991 adaptation of Elizabeth Von Arnim's novel has a superb cast and a tone so mellow you can feel your pulse get slower. Josie Lawrence and Miranda Richardson play a pair of unhappily married women who rent an Italian villa for a month, sharing the rent with a crusty Englishwoman (Joan Plowright) and a lonely aristocrat (Polly Walker). Sun, rest, sinking into the green grass for long naps--they all have a soulful effect on the quartet, and then on the men in their lives who make a surprise visit. Mike Newell (<I>Into the West</I>) directs with seeming effortlessness, and it is impossible not to be swayed by the promise of restoration for these burdened characters--or for anyone alive. Wonderful performances all around, including a particularly sensitive one by Alfred Molina and a very funny one by Jim Broadbent. <I>--Tom Keogh</I> Reader Reviews A wonderful movie, causing you to dream of going there for your own enchanted retreat. Stirring story that begins in very gloomy, rainy London and relational unrest in the lives of three particular women. Their hope for reprieve and change takes them to a lovely castle in Italy overlooking a beautiful azure bay where their souls are restored and the beauty of life and love return to them. After leaving the theatre, I commented to my husband, "I want to go there." The setting is lovely and tranquil - a perfect place to heal and be restored.

Enchanted April (1991) Available from Amazon Price: $19.95 Updated on 8-27-2008.

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