The film explores how the orderly reassuringly clear worlds Enid Blyton created within her stories contrasted with the complexity of her own personal life. It sheds light on the ambitious and driven - but as yet unpublished - young woman from the development of her rich imagination against the adversity of an imperfect childhood two World Wars and a first marriage ending in divorce - to household name. One of the most recognised storytellers of all time Enid Blyton's charming characters and classic tales have enchanted countless generations of children for almost 80... years. Having sold over 500 million books in 40 countries this film follows the woman behind the enduring and compelling stories such as the beloved Famous Five Secret Seven Malory Towers and Noddy series. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. The film explores how the orderly, reassuringly clear worlds Enid Blyton created within her stories contrasted with the complexity of her own personal life. It sheds light on the ambitious and driven - but as yet unpublished - young woman, from the development of her rich imagination against the adversity of an imperfect childhood, two World Wars, and a first marriage ending in divorce - to household name. One of the most recognised storytellers of all time, Enid Blyton's charming characters and classic tales have enchanted countless generations of children for almost 80 years. Having sold over 500 million books in 40 countries, this film follows the woman behind the enduring and compelling stories such as the beloved Famous Five, Secret Seven, Malory Towers and Noddy series. Actors Helena Bonham Carter, Matthew Macfadyen, Denis Lawson & Claire Rushbrook Director James Hawes Certificate PG Year 2009 Screen Widescreen 16:9 Anamorphic Languages English - Dolby Digital (2.0) Stereo Duration 1 hour and 23 minutes (approx)
Helena Bonham Carter stars in this feature-length BBC biopic as children's author Enid Blyton. An astoundingly prolific writer revered by an adoring readership, Blyton was, in her personal life, a self-absorbed, ruthlessly ambitious woman who manipulated those close to her for her own advantage. After driving her first husband, publisher Major Hugh Pollock (Matthew MacFadyen) to drink and into the arms of another woman, Enid uses their two daughters, Gillian and Imogen (Sinead Michael and Ramona Marquez) as bargaining chips to get a divorce on her terms before marrying her lover, Doctor Kenneth Waters (Denis Lawson). Despite her image as a children's champion, Blyton willfully neglects her own children and packs them off to boarding school when they dare to challenge her.
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