![]() ![]() ![]() It is a manner she transfers, only slightly modified, to addressing the staff: three sinister characters who arrive at the beginning of the film to replace servants who have (mysteriously) fled: Fionnula Flanagan as the housekeeper-cum-nanny, Elaine Cassidy as the mute skivvy, and, of all people, Eric Sykes, playing it dead-straight as the gardener.Īll of them must be instructed in the strange eternal darkness in which they live: the children's photosensitive condition means they must always be locked indoors, exposed to nothing stronger than candlelight. This abandonment is the source of much unstated grief and reproach.Īlone, Kidman manages their two young children with a natural patrician severity. She is waiting for her husband to return from the war - a conflict for which he volunteered. His leading lady is Nicole Kidman, as Grace, the Catholic mistress of a gaunt old country seat, denuded of most of its traditional household staff, though not its heavy furniture and oppressive atmosphere. ![]()
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