This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)
Directed by Simon Aboud
Set against the backdrop of a beautiful garden in the heart of London, this contemporary fairy tale revolves around the unlikely friendship between a reclusive young woman and a cantankerous old widower. Bella Brown is a beautifully quirky young woman who dreams of writing and illustrating a successful children’s book. After she is forced by her landlord to deal with her neglected garden or face eviction, she meets her match, nemesis, and unlikely mentor in Alfie Stephenson, a grumpy, loveless, old man who lives next door who happens to be an amazing horticulturalist.
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Downton Abbey 's Jessica Brown Findlay, who also adds some spunk to the England is Mine supporting cast, plays Bella, an orphan raised by nuns who has such a complete list of delightful quirks that she must have a severe case of Amelie .
It’s basically an English remake of Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s 2001 French-language box-office hit “Amélie.”
This Beautiful Fantastic, much like 2001’s Amélie, is gossamer.
Though it has been compared to Amelie, the movie has a leaner sensibility, never lapsing into froufrou.
Likewise, there's a fantastical Amelie -esque element which sort of just evaporates as the story focuses on more down-to-earth, depressingly familiar dramatic beats.