Photographing Fairies (1997) ( Apparition )

Photographing Fairies (1997) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Apparition
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Fantasporto Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Surround )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Nick Willing

Written By:
Chris Harrald
Steve Szilagyi

Actors:
Toby Stephens ..... Charles Castle
Emily Woof ..... Linda
Ben Kingsley ..... Reverend Templeton
Frances Barber ..... Beatrice Templeton
Philip Davis ..... Roy (as Phil Davis)
Hannah Bould ..... Clara Templeton
Miriam Grant ..... Ana Templeton
Rachel Shelley ..... Mrs. Anne-Marie Castle
Edward Hardwicke ..... Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Clive Merrison ..... Gardner
Stephen Churchett ..... Mr. Dawson
Mary Healey ..... Mrs. Dawson
Maggie Wells ..... Mrs. Hoopdriver
Richenda Carey ..... Fierce Woman
Jeremy Young ..... Des

Synopsis:

Story begins with Charles Castle who, in 1912, marries the girl of his dreams only to lose her 24 hours later when a snow fissure swallows her in Switzerland. He is off to World War I a few years later as a corpse photographer and later, after the war, opens a portrait studio with his war buddy Roy. After unmasking a forgery at the trendy Theosophical Society, he is approached by Bea Templeton who asks him to test some photos taken by her daughters. The photos purport to show fairies at play, and Castle is intrigued enough to visit the Templeton's rural home. After Bea's mysterious death, he becomes more obsessed with communing with the fairies who offer him a chance to reach the Other Side and reunite with his lost love.

Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a photographer. Following the war and still in grief Charles is given some photographs purporting to be of fairies. His search for the truth leads him to Burkinwell, a seemingly peaceful village seething with secrets where he becomes drawn into a web of passion, romance and violence..

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 14 February, 2012.