
About
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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6.75/10

Peter McGinn
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... read more
almost 5 years ago
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Cast

Miranda Richardson
Rose Arbuthnot

Josie Lawrence
Lottie Wilkins

Polly Walker
Caroline Dester

Joan Plowright
Mrs Fisher

Alfred Molina
Mellersh Wilkins

Michael Kitchen
George Briggs

Jim Broadbent
Frederick Arbuthnot

Neville Phillips
Vicar
Stephen Beckett
Jonathan
Matthew Radford
Patrick
Davide Manuli
Beppo

Vittorio Duse
Domenico

Adriana Facchetti
Francesca

Anna Longhi
Costanza
Director

Mike Newell
Director
Melanie Panario
Second Assistant Director
Mervyn Gill-Dougherty
First Assistant Director
Jessica Nettleton
Second Assistant Director
Creator
Elizabeth von Arnim
Novel
Peter Barnes
Writer