Enchanted DVD

I finished my first exam!! Woohoo! As a reward to myself, I watched a movie sent to me by the good people of Miramax to celebrate the release of Enchanted April on DVD for the first time. I had never seen this film and was thrilled to spend a lovely afternoon not studying, and watching a movie.

Enchanted April is a film about women who need to get away, all for their own reasons and yet all for the simple reason that they are women and there is something in their lives that needs to change. For each of them the trip is a sort of liberation, and even though it's set in the 30's, the scene is one that even the most contemporary of young women can understand. The film captures perfectly the thrill of planning a new trip, the fear and confusion on arrival when nothing goes the way you expected, and the joy that comes when everything pans out exactly the way it's supposed to.

The four strangers feel trapped in dreary London and decide to rent a castle in Italy for the month of April. Although some of them have trouble settling into the enchanting palace, eventually they make peace with each other and whatever they were running away from. Whether struggling with age, youth, or insensitive husbands, the palace is a world in which everything comes together in the end, with more than a few surprises along the way.

This lovely film was nominated for three Academy Awards and it's easy to see why. I'm adding this film to my list of great travel movies, it inspired me for my upcoming trip and gave me a wonderful little daydream in the middle of finals.

And now... back to the library!

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