ANOTHER COUNTRY (1984)
dir. Marek Kanievska
Elderly former soviet spy Guy Burgess is being interviewed by an American journalist about how his life ended up on the path it did. In relaying his story, he focuses on the transition into his senior year at a prestigious boys school in Britain in the 1930s, his desire to climb the student hierarchy, his friendships, his first love, and his developing life beliefs. Based on the play by Julian Mitchell.
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Now, I am cheating a tad bit, because the 1972 "The Pied Piper" movie is actually British... But I will still include it in the list of French fairytale movies because the man behind this project was Jacques Demy - yes, the man behind the famous Peau d'Âne movie. And in many ways Demy's Pied Piper movie is meant to be the complete antithesis to his Donkeyskin - one was meant to recreate a psychedelic Disney movie with a lot of humor and naivety ; this one is a dark, drab, cynical piece about corruption, greed, religious intolerance and antisemitism.
Enchanted April is a 1991 British film adapted from Elizabeth von Arnim's 1922 novel The Enchanted April. It stars Miranda Richardson, Josie Lawrence, Polly Walker, and Joan Plowright, with Alfred Molina, Michael Kitchen, and Jim Broadbent in supporting roles.
THE WOLVES OF KROMER (1998)
dir. Will Gould
Once upon a time in the village of Kromer lived two young wolves. Cocksure Gabriel takes newcomer Seth under his paw and helps reconcile him to the vilification associated with being a wolf. They fall head-over-heels in puppy love, playing together around picturesque waterfalls, secluded woodlands, and moonlit lakes. One day a wicked old crone and her goofy sidekick kill their mistress, frame the wolves, and incite a torch-bearing mob of religious zealots to seek vengeance on the hapless pair. But who will live happily ever after?
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Enchanted April is a 1991 British film adapted from Elizabeth von Arnim's 1922 novel The Enchanted April. It stars Miranda Richardson, Josie Lawrence, Polly Walker, and Joan Plowright, with Alfred Molina, Michael Kitchen, and Jim Broadbent in supporting roles.