She discovered a new branch of her family tree... the one with all the nuts.
In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend, Mary, Flora changes the Starkadders' lives forever when she settles into their rustic estate, bringing the backward clan up to date and finding inspiration for her novel in the process.
- 6.8
- 1995
- Released
- 1h 35m
Eileen Atkins
Judith Starkadder
Kate Beckinsale
Flora Poste
Sheila Burrell
Ada Doom
Stephen Fry
Mybug
Freddie Jones
Adam Lambsbreath
Joanna Lumley
Mary Smiling
Ian McKellen
Amos Starkadder
Miriam Margolyes
Mrs. Beetle
Rufus Sewell
Seth Starkadder
Ivan Kaye
Reuben Starkadder
Jeremy Peters
UrkMaria Miles
Elfine Starkadder
Christopher Bowen
Charles FairfordSophie Revell
Rennet
Rupert Penry-Jones
Dick Hawk-Monitor
Angela Thorne
Mrs. Hawk-MonitorBasil Hoskins
Couturier
William Osborne
Coiffeur
Richard Bebb
Hawk-Monitor Butler
William Scott-Masson
Bikki
Robert James
Mr. McKnag
Pat Keen
Aunt Gwen
Harry Ditson
Earl P. Neck
Trevor Baxter
Sneller
Frederick Jaeger
Doctor Adolph Müdel
Released
en
- #based on novel or book
- #orphan
- #sussex
- #faithful adaptation
Reviews
I'm not sure "Flora" (Kate Beckinsale) really knew what to expect when she arrived at the home of her more rustic family at the eponymous location. Farmhouses always look so welcoming and inviting, but one step through the door here and she might as well have stepped back through time. With a cast of characters named as if they were inspired by Charles Dickens, John Schlesinger takes us on a darkl