Enchanted April

Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Josie Lawrence, Miranda Richardson, Polly Walker, Joan Plowright, Alfred Molina, Michael Kitchen, Jim Broadbent
Genre: Drama 1991 (UK 1992)
Running Time: 95 mins
Rating:★★★★

Two proper Englishwomen, Lottie Wilkins (Josie Lawrence) and Rose Arbuthnot (Polly Walker), determined to get away from their drab lives and inattentive husbands, find paradise in the serene countryside of the Italian Riviera. When the pair rents a magnificent villa for a month, they share expenses with two unlikely companions: an austere widow and a bored socialite. At first, personalities clash, but the hideaway holds a special magic that soon sparks friendships  and reminds the women of ways to live and love that have long eluded them. Adapted to film in 1992 and to Broadway in 1925 from Elizabeth von Arnim's 1922 novel, Enchanted April.

An extremely delightful film that proves that you should never feel trapped with living the status quo. In the beginning, Lottie (Lawrence) is a very insecure, obliging, and desperate woman trapped under a controlling husband (Molina). While Rose is a very strong woman, who has given up finding an escape from her self-evolved husband (Broadbent) and has learned to deal with the status quo. But as film progresses and the two characters conflict with the other two women, while getting a taste of heaven in the countryside, you witness them finding their voice.

A brilliant casting of actors and breathtakingly wonderful scenery. Keep an eye out for the quick image of a spider web with a fly caught, the moment Lottie and Rose are about to arrive at the villa on their first night. Its flawless allusion, to their life before the adventure in Italy and the state of which they find themselves upon arriving. The use of mustard, muted green, lavender, and Tuscan orange in costume and scenery, makes their adventure more serene and magical. A must see "chick-flick"!!!!!