Enchanted April

Watch: Enchanted April

7/31/19921h 29m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ It's April in Italy, and anything can happen... even love. ~

Overview:

When married British women Rose Arbuthnot and Lottie Wilkins decide to take a break from their respective spouses, they stay at a castle in Italy for a quiet holiday. Joining the ladies is Caroline Dester, a young socialite, and Mrs. Fisher, an older aristocrat. Liberated from their daily routines, the four women ease into life in rural Italy, and each finds herself transformed by the experience.

Director:

Mike Newell

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$13,200,170.00

Key words:

based on novel or book
holiday
italy
female friendship
vacation
chance meeting
1920s
italian riviera

Cast

Miranda Richardson

~ as ~

Rose Arbuthnot

Josie Lawrence

~ as ~

Lottie Wilkins

Polly Walker

~ as ~

Caroline Dester

Joan Plowright

~ as ~

Mrs Fisher

Alfred Molina

~ as ~

Mellersh Wilkins

Michael Kitchen

~ as ~

George Briggs

Jim Broadbent

~ as ~

Frederick Arbuthnot

Neville Phillips

~ as ~

Vicar

Stephen Beckett

~ as ~

Jonathan

Matthew Radford

~ as ~

Patrick

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Reviews (1)

Peter McGinn
Written 4 year(s) ago
9
I have always been a sucker for a good chick flick. A wonderful cast bring to life a novel about four women who rent an Italian castle to escape their dreary lives. I won’t list all seven names of the performers who make this so great. Even a couple of characters I wanted to dislike were given enough depth so that I cared about everyone in the end. It moves from one to another or to a group interacting with each other.

I have read the old book this is based on and like a couple changes they made to it. I just realized as I looked this up that it was a remake of a 1935 early talkie version.

It is a quiet and unassuming movie, so much so that I was a little surprised it was nominated for a few Oscars, and won some Golden a Globe awards.

It took me years to track down a DVD copy of this and retire the old grainy VHS version I had.