"Under the
(NR - Not Rated)
Starring: Keeley Hawes, James Murray, Steve Pemberton.
Rating: 4.5 stars
Based on the novel by Thomas Hardy, this excellent BBC production will transport you back in time to a bucolic English village where Fancy Day (played beautifully by Keeley Hawes) arrives to become the new schoolteacher and to take care of her ailing father. Three potential suitors soon emerge to try and court her, and Fancy must discover by herself that true love is more than material riches, social status, or family obligations: love is something that comes from the realm of the heart. This movie is a joy to watch and it plays to the senses like a carefully and lovingly written lullaby. It bears the unmistakable high quality of all BBC productions. I definitely recommend you watch this film especially after a particularly hard day - let the sublimely peaceful shadow of the greenwood tree tug at your heart strings and awaken the romantic in you.
Coming next: "The Hunted"