Rekindled interest in Frances Hodgon Burnett's classic tale has prompted a broadway musical and several films. Colin Firth (The Single Man, The King's speech), Julie Walters (Billy Elliot, Molly Waesley in the Harry Potter saga) and the little girl Dixie Egerickx (not as little as the role she plays), lead the cast of this family film in which fantasy invades the sad world of an orphan. It begins with a young, recently-orphaned girl is sent to England after living in India all of her life. Once there, she begins to explore her new, seemingly-isolated surroundings, and its secrets. Living in India, a young, privileged girl named Mary Lennox (Dixie Egerickx) is left orphaned when her parents are killed . She is sent back to England to live on her uncle Archibald Craven's (Colin Firth) estate. He is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. She is selfish and unhappy until she discovers two secrets on her uncle's state. It is a fairly isolated existence, and she has to find things to keep herself occupied. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and neglected. Aided by one of the servants' brother, she starts restoring it, and eventually discovers some more of the manor's secrets. She also finds a sickly young cousin named Colin Craven (Edan Hayhurst). Unlock Your Imagination !. The Key To The Most Unusual Picture Of The Year...!
A tender fairy tale narrating how Mary finds a walled garden in her uncle's gloomy mansion and how with it and with the help of fantasy, she manages to live a wonderful adventure with her sickly cousin and a new friend. With well-judged interpretations played straight, and topical subtexts, this kiddies' film no age limit on its potential audience. The magical story of little Mary is a classic of British children's literature. The author Francis Hodgson Burnett is also the writer of other novels for young people that have also been adapted to the big screen: The little lord and The princess.
The timeless tale of a special place where magic, hope, and love grow. A good work of beauty, poetry and deep mystery, and watching it is like entering for a time into a closed world where one's destiny may be discovered. Starring Dixie Egerickx gives sympathetic acting as the young British girl born and raised in India loses her neglectful parents, being sent back to England to live on her uncle . Adding two veteran actors Colin Firth as the surly and unsympathetic uncle, and Julie Walters as the bossy governess of the gloomy mansion. In Burnett's book "The Secret Garden," Mary's father is related to Colin's mother. Also, they were not twins. The revision of having Mary's and Colin's mothers as identical twins and Mary's resemblance to her mother, therefore reminding Archie Craven of his late wife, was first seen in this film and repeated with El jardín secreto (2020). Written by Jack Thorne (Enola Holmes) and well directed by Mark Munden . This director Munden has worked both cinema and TV such as : The Mark of Cain, The Crimson Petal and the White, Some dogs bite, The courtesan, The third day, Black sails, Electric Dreams. National Treaure, Quantico, among others. His television production of Vanity Fair received 6 BAFTA nominations and won 3 other major prizes while Touching Evil for ITV received nominations for Best Series from both BAFTA and the Royal Television Socie(Utopia).
There are various versions of this classic story from Frances HodHodgon Burnett, both, cinema and TV : 1949 by Fred M Wilcox with Margaret O'Brien, Dean Stockwell, Herbert Marshall, Gladys Cooper. 1984 by Katrina Murray with Sarah Andrews, David Patterson. 1987 with Gennie James, Barret Oliver, Michael Hordern, Derek Jacobi, Billie Whilelaw , Colin Firth. 1993 by Agnieszka Holland with Kate Maberly, Andrew Knott, John Lynch.
