This Beautiful Fantastic

This Beautiful Fantastic

Life blooms in enchanting ways.

2016•1h 40m•7.1/10

DramaRomanceComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.1/10(346)

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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Production

Constance Media, Smudge Films, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Ipso Facto Productions, Ambi Distribution

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Jessica Brown Findlay

Jessica Brown Findlay

Bella Brown

Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson

Alfie Stevenson

Andrew Scott

Andrew Scott

Vernon

Jeremy Irvine

Jeremy Irvine

Billy Tranter

Anna Chancellor

Anna Chancellor

Mrs Bramble

Mia Farkasovska

Young Bella

Eileen Davies

Eileen Davies

Milly

Natalie Nasseraldeen

Rhian

Nancy Nasseraldeen

Amy

Paul Hunter

O'Brien

Sheila Hancock

Sheila Hancock

Mother Superior

Charlotte Asprey

Charlotte Asprey

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