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 Ladies In Lavender (DVD)
Description: Genre: Drama / Theatrical Release: 2004 / Director: Charles Dance / Actors: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith ... / DVD released ... more  Ladies In Lavender (DVD) ... 28 February, 2005 at Entertainment in Video / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen / Ladies in Lavender is exactly the sort of film that prompts people to question, "Why don’t they make films like this anymore?" It’s a delicately-paced story of two aging sisters--Ursula (Dame Judi Dench) and Janet (Maggie Smith--who live together on a Cornwall beach in 1936. They discover a foreign stranger washed ashore (Daniel Bruhl), and while nursing him back to health make an astonishing discovery: the young man, a Pole, is a phenomenally gifted violinist. And Ursula finds her feelings for the man go far deeper than merely maternal. Writer and director Charles Dance has crafted an admirable debut. Ladies in Lavender a tenderly done and bittersweet story of innocence and regret. Though the dialogue sometimes seems too earnest, and he has an over-reliance on slow motion cinematography, he still allows his two talented leads enough time and space to shine. It’s only unfortunate that more effort did not go into the DVD release of the film: the extras only consist of soundbites from the cast and crew, which add little insight. --Ted KordNewest Review: ... watching an historic character and situation study. The scenes are shot in a sympathetic manner, making the most of the ... more ... wonderful Cornish countryside. Stills at poignant moments work in the main but occasionally they seem unnecessary.
Although the main tale centres on the sisters and their patient there are several sub-plots. Unfortunately, not all of these are explored to conclusion, perhaps through lack of time, and, in my opinion, this is a shame: certain of the plots certainly warrant more time.
The cast of this film should be enough to sell it to you if you like good English drama. Dame Judi Dench plays Ursula, probably the...more |
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Ladies In Lavender [2004]
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Ladies In Lavender (DVD): An English Patient meets The Piano (584 words)
by cmh4135 - written on 11.08.06 (Very useful, 93 readings)
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Set in Cornwall shortly before the outbreak of WWII, two sisters, Ursula and Janet happen upon a Polish man washed up on a beach. How he got there is anyone’s guess and we never find out. As we watch him being nursed back to health we, and the characters, are taken on a journey of discovery. The element that sets this film apart from many others however is the music. Our Polish traveller has a talent that one can only marvel at and it is this which leads me to suggest that this film is a cross between the period drama that is the English Patient and the musical tale of The Piano. Directed by Charles Dance the film has a lot to commend it. It is ...
Charles Dance's Directorial Debut shows much promise... (957 words)
by CaptainD - written on 24.04.05 (Very useful, 79 readings)
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Ladies in Lavender is a charming film set in Cornwall in an idyllic town, shortly before WWII broke out. The elderly Widdington sisters, Ursula (strangely non-British name?!?) and Janet lead a sedate life, though Ursula has a zest for life that remains undiminished by the years. When a Polish man is found on the beach one day, presumably from a shipwreck though no wreckage is ever found, it stirs forgotten emotions in Ursula as they nurse him back to health. This begins to cause friction between the two sisters, and when Andrea (the Polish guy) exhibits a special talent, even more tension is caused by the interest of German painter Olga, who is ostensibly just on holiday ...
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