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The Chalk Garden (1964)

The Chalk Garden (1964)

Drama Mystery

A girl on the verge of womanhood... a woman on the edge of loneliness... both suspicious of affection, yet starved for love.

Release Date: 1964, April 2
Directors: Ronald Neame
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: Ross Hunter Productions, Ross Hunter Productions, Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures
Cast: Hayley Mills, John Mills, Deborah Kerr, Felix Aylmer, Elizabeth Sellars, Lally Bowers, Edith Evans, Toke Townley, Tonie MacMillan

Overview:

The peculiar antics of Laurel, an emotionally troubled young girl, are the focus of The Chalk Garden – a stately household drama set on the cliffs of the English south coast. Edith Evans plays a matriarchal grandmother who, in raising her granddaughter, has neglected her other love – a barren chalk garden. Mayhem ensues as Laurel's behavior frightens away a succession of governesses until an enigmatic one is hired in spite of her mysterious references. She skillfully sets about tending to the girl's reckless emotions and the pitifully failed garden.

Keywords:

dramatic family relationships adolescence gardening judge governess haunted by the past grandparent grandchild relationship estranged mother problem child dover absent mother