Enchanted April [Import]

'Enchanted April' seems not to be in the product files... I bought this new copy to replace my old well-worn VHS tape. The cinema photography is gorgeous. I know this story very well & was quite disappointed that several intregal scenes were cut short. It is beyond my comprehension as to why some folks think that chopping important scenes is in any way a good idea. There is plenty of room on this cd for even more scenes. Instead this dvd has been severely altered with very negative results. The story now feels quite choppy & the serene flow of the story is quite disturbed.

Keep your old copies of this movie folks as you will certainly miss the chopped scenes.

well...we have waited patiently for years for this movie to come out on dvd in widescreen.....but the transfer is awful....it's just as bad as my vhs copy,the only difference is that it has been "enhanced" for widescreen t.v.'s...which means that they chopped off the top and bottom of the pan and scan version...so it's really grainy....extreme close ups of the characters....which is a real shame.....cause i love this movie!!! i can't understand why mirimax doesn't take the time and restore the image...give us the original aspect ratio...and please put the cleaned up version on blu ray.....such a visually beautiful movie deserves it....and so do we.

I bought this movie based on the fact that Joan Plowright was in this movie and that I liked her in the character movie "Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont". This is definitely a character movie and has an interesting story. It's about Lottie Wilkins (Josie Lawrence) and Rose Arbuthnot (Miranda Richardon), two married women living in 1920's London share the misery of empty relationships with their spouses and decide to rent an Italian castle for the spring to get away. In order to save money, they advertise for two other women to join them. Mrs. Fisher (Joan Plowright), an elderly widow who knew many famous authors in her youth is struggling with a lonely and regimented existence and jumps at the chance to join the vacation. Lady Caroline Dester (Polly Walker) is an attractive woman who has been grabbed one too many times and is sick of men, she only wants to be left alone... or so she thinks...

They arrive in San Salvatore' a seaside Italian castle drenched in wisteria and sunshine and find themselves in a romantic landscape that leaves a lot of time to consider their lives in London. After reflecting for a while Lottie decides to send a letter to her husband, inviting him to join her. Even though much more happens, I don't want to spoil the plot of the story, so if you liked Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, you might also like this one as it has an ending that you'd least expect. Again, Joan Plowright plays her role well and so does the rest of the cast. I would recommend this as I find it to be a gem of a movie!