The Fine Art of Love: Mine Ha-Ha
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 A promotional poster using the film's Italian title |
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| Directed by | John Irvin |
| Produced by | Ida Di Benedetto |
| Written by | James Carrington, Sadie Jones |
| Starring | Jacqueline Bisset, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Mary Nighy, Natalia Tena |
| Music by | Paul Grabowsky |
| Cinematography | Fabio Zamarion |
| Release date(s) | 25 November 2006 |
| Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | Italy / UK / Czech Republic |
| Language | English |
The Fine Art of Love is a 2006 film directed by John Irvin. The film, starring Jacqueline Bisset, Hannah Taylor-Gordon and Mary Nighy, is based on Mine-Haha, or On the Bodily Education of Young Girls by the German playwright Frank Wedekind. It received its premiere at the 2005 Venice Film Festival.
[edit] Plot summary
Thuringia, Germany, in the early 20th century. A group of young girls are brought up in a college within dark forests and gloomy dull lakes. Young Hidalla and her friends Irene, Vera, Blanka, Melusine and Rain are brought up in an isolated world: the girls don't know anything about life outside the college's broad and high walls. At the age of 16, some of them start asking questions about their origins, their parents and the true purposes of the Headmistresses strict rules. When two of them disappear mysteriously, the initial fairytale atmosphere grows more and more eerie. Will the inspector from the nearby city discover the real purpose of the college? Will Hidalla be successful in her revolt against the destiny assigned to her by the Headmistress? This is a forbidden love story, between two of the six girls.
[edit] See also
- Innocence, a 2004 French film adaptation of Wedekind's novella
[edit] External links
- The Fine Art of Love: Mine Ha-Ha at the Internet Movie Database
- Review at Variety.com
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