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Four English women, unhappy with their lives, rent an Italian villa on holiday.
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| Release Date | 1991-11-06 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 1h 29m |
| Directors | Mike Newell, Rex Maidment, Mervyn Gill-Dougherty, Jessica Nettleton, Melanie Panario |
| Producers | Ann Scott, Mark Shivas, Simon Relph, Matthew Hamilton |
| Writers | Peter Barnes, Elizabeth von Arnim |
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.
— Peter McGinn