The Chalk Garden (1964)

Directed by

Ronald Neame

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

U

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 53 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman takes a job as a governess for a troubled young girl in a grand English house. The girl's grandmother hires her to bring order and calm to the household.

intimateslow-burnmelancholicreflectivetenseunderstatedcharacter-driven

What happens

The Chalk Garden is a 1964 British-American film directed by Ronald Neame. It stars Deborah Kerr and Hayley Mills and is an adaptation of the 1955 play of the same name by Enid Bagnold. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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