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  • The Chalk Garden 1964 POSTER

    The Chalk Garden

    1964

    English

    7.2

    8

    71%

    78%

    Action

    adolescence

    Drama

    family relationships

    governess

    grandparent grandchild relationship

    judge

    Mystery

    problem child

    Ronald Neame Ronald Neame Director Hayley Mills Hayley Mills as Laurel John Mills John Mills as Maitland Deborah Kerr Deborah Kerr as Miss Madrigal Edith Evans Edith Evans as Mrs. St. Maugham
    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.
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