Two aging sisters befriend a mysterious foreigner who washes up on the beach of their 1930's Cornish seaside village. Although one of them feels an unfamiliar spark of infatuation for the handsome young musician, propriety suggests the attraction must remain unspoken.
Under Dance's sure hand, and the even surer performances of Smith and Dench, who know that underplaying an emotion often increases its punch, the film is a small study in the dignity of letting go.
Dance is so tentative and tasteful in his direction that he never draws out the underlying emotions beneath the polite exteriors.
european-films.net
May 02, 2006
One wonders how much of their performances came from Dance's direction and how much came from the actresses themselves, but what counts is what is there on the screen, which is more than satisfactory.
It's a British period piece, full of the sylvan Cornish coast and countryside, vintage motorcars, steam threshers and sensibilities. Pity they left out a compelling plot.
Gallery of "Ladies in Lavender"
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Annabelle: Creation
2017
IMDb: 7
109 min
Country: United States
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a
nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into ...
