‘Enchanted April’ to be screened at Movie Night at the Museum

The film tells the story of four English women who decide to leave rainy 1920s London for an April stay in an Italian villa on the sunny Mediterranean. 

Lotty Wilkins (Josie Lawrence) and Rose Arbuthnot (Miranda Richardson) know each other only slightly through their ladies club but make the decision to join forces and travel to Italy, hoping to bring some joy into their dreary lives. 

Because they need help with the expenses, they invite the elderly Mrs. Fisher (Joan Plowright) and the very wealthy and beautiful Lady Caroline Dester (Polly Walker) to join them.  Based on Elizabeth von Arnim's 1922 novel “The Enchanted April,” the film follows the experiences of the four diverse women as their friendship grows and their lives change for the better during a month under the Italian sun.  

The film, which premiered at the London Film Festival in November 1991, was shot on location at Castello Brown in Portofino, Italy, the castle where von Arnim stayed in the 1920s.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the movie starts at 7 p.m. at the Northwest Montana History Museum, 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Admission and popcorn are free. Soda, water, beer and wine are available for purchase. Seating is provided, but viewers are welcome to bring their own cushions or seating.  

For more information, call 756-8381. 

Celebrating its 25-year anniversary, the museum brings the past alive through exhibits, artifacts, educational programs and events. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.