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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.. Written by
Philip Stanton
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When discussing the original photograph with Beatrice Templeton (Frances Barber), Charles Castle (Toby Stephens) says that the supposed fairy in the image could just be a 'glitch in the emulsion'. The use of the word 'glitch' is anachronistic. Glitch, meaning a small fault, didn't come in to common parlance till the 1960s some 40+ years after the setting of this film.
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Soundtracks
"Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, II. Allegretto"
Music by
Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by
The Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted and orchestrated by
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How can anyone watch this and not be struck dumb.
The music is so haunting that it will reverberate in your head and soul for days after.
How fantastic not have to endure "shoot em up" themes but to let fantasy run its course leaving you disturbed but in a wonderful way.
This film is on a par with "Out of Africa" as my "dumbstuck" movies.
The film ends but you can't move, your senses are so overwhelmed that you will be unable to regain reality for some time.
This is a film for those who enjoy wonderful music and appreciate a plot that stirs emotions, imagination and the intellect.