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The Secret Garden

Synopsis

Mary Lennox is a troubled, sickly, orphaned 10-year-old girl, sent to live with an uncle after her parents died in a cholera outbreak in India. Initially sour and rude, Mary begins to explore the grounds of her uncle’s estate and befriends a robin. Mary hears of a locked-away, hidden garden. Together with the robin, she finds the key and enters the garden, discovering it to be more magical than she could have ever imagined.
Adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic family book 'The Secret Garden'.

Details

Year
2020
Type of film
Features
Director
Marc Munden
Producer
Rosie Alison, David Heyman
Executive Producer
Ron Halpern, Didier Lupfer, Dan MacRae, Danny Perkins, Robert Simonds
Editor
Luke Dunkley
Screenwriter
Jack Thorne (adaptation), Frances Hodgson Burnett (novel)
Director of Photography
Lol Crawley
Music
Dario Marianelli
Principal cast
Dixie Egerickx, Colin Firth, Julie Walters, Edan Hayhurst, Amir Wilson

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Heyday Films

5 Denmark Street
London
WC2H 8LP

Sales Company

STUDIOCANAL

1, Place du Spectacle
92130 Issy les Moulineaux
France

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