Enchanted April

Enchanted April

199189 min
6.8/10
RomanceDrama

Plot Summary

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.

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👥Cast (14)

Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson

Rose Arbuthnot

Josie Lawrence

Josie Lawrence

Lottie Wilkins

Polly Walker

Polly Walker

Caroline Dester

Joan Plowright

Joan Plowright

Mrs Fisher

Alfred Molina

Alfred Molina

Mellersh Wilkins

Michael Kitchen

Michael Kitchen

George Briggs

Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent

Frederick Arbuthnot

Neville Phillips

Neville Phillips

Vicar

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Stephen Beckett

Jonathan

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Matthew Radford

Patrick

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Davide Manuli

Beppo

Vittorio Duse

Vittorio Duse

Domenico

🎬Crew

Director

Mike Newell

Writers

Peter Barnes

Producers

Mark Shivas, Ann Scott, Simon Relph

🖼️Gallery (1 images)

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🏷️Keywords

based on novel or bookholidayitalyfemale friendshipvacationchance meeting1920sitalian riviera

💬Reviews (1)

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Peter McGinn

8/27/2020

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.

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Production Companies

BBC Film
Miramax