Directed by:
Agnieszka HollandScreenplay:
Caroline ThompsonCinematography:
Roger DeakinsComposer:
Zbigniew PreisnerCast:
Kate Maberly, Maggie Smith, John Lynch, Laura Crossley, Walter Sparrow, Irène Jacob, Andrew Knott, Heydon Prowse, Coz Greenop, David StollVOD (3)
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Ten-year-old Mary Lennox (Kate Maberly) is a spoiled rich girl living in colonial India with her aloof parents who frequent elegant parties and leave her with servants who attend to her every whim. When her parents are killed, however, Mary's life changes drastically. She's shipped off to England to live in the enormous manor of her father's friend, Lord Archibald Craven (John Lynch), and his invalid son, Colin (Heydon Prowse). Lord Craven, a miserable recluse since his wife's death, ignores his son and leaves the household management to Mrs. Medlock (Maggie Smith), an ironhanded authoritarian. In this cold environment, the children, with help from spirited maid Martha Sowerby and her younger brother, Dickon, manage to find happiness in a special garden hidden away for years. (official distributor synopsis)
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's work is synonymous with "Little lord Fauntleroy," "A Little Princess" and "The Secret Garden." I'm glad that I accidentally rediscovered Holland's version of this particular story because she really managed to film such a fragile substance with real humility.
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