Directed by:
Mark PalanskyCinematography:
Michel AmathieuComposer:
Joby TalbotCast:
Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O'Hara, Reese Witherspoon, Peter Dinklage, Richard E. Grant, Russell Brand, Burn Gorman, Nigel Havers, Simon Woods (more)Plots(1)
One of Penelope's distant ancestors once enraged a local witch and, in return, she laid a curse on the noble Wilhern family: their first female offspring would walk the earth with a pig's snout. And there would be only one way to break the evil spell - a similarly high-born young man would have to fall in love with the girl and take her as his wife. Up to this point we recognise the popular fairytale motif - a prince turned into a frog or a princess in a donkey's skin, who can only be freed by true love. Penelope's family sets up ceremonial courtships, but the suitors always run away in terror, one of them even wants to scandalise Penelope by putting her in a magazine. And what about Penelope? Down but not out, she decides she is not going to wait around until she finds a groom but is going to leave and learn to live with her misfortune. "We call this the anti-Barbie movie. Today everyone's so concerned with how they look, it's interesting to develop a story where a young woman overcomes the prejudice and proves her strength of character and eventually triumphs, finds herself and finds true love," say the producers of the film. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Christina Ricci
USA
Best movies:
Moby: Play - The DVD (2001) (video compilation)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
James McAvoy
UK
Best movies:
NT Live: Cyrano de Bergerac (2020) (theatrical recording)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004)
Catherine O'Hara
Canada
Best movies:
Home Alone (1990)
Temple Grandin (2010) (TV movie)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Reese Witherspoon
USA
Best movies:
Walk the Line (2005)
Pleasantville (1998)
The Good Lie (2014)
Peter Dinklage
USA
Best movies:
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Living in Oblivion (1995)
Richard E. Grant
Swaziland
Best movies:
Corpse Bride (2005)
Logan (2017)
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996)
Russell Brand
UK
Best movies:
Russell Brand: Messiah Complex (2013)
Despicable Me (2010)
Cold Blood (2005) (series)
Burn Gorman
USA
Best movies:
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Low Winter Sun (2006) (TV movie)
Wuthering Heights (2009) (TV movie)
Nigel Havers
UK
Best movies:
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
The Burning Season (1994) (TV movie)
Simon Woods
UK
Best movies:
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Cranford (2007) (series)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Ronni Ancona
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
Penelope (2006)
A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
Eve Pearce
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Tenth Kingdom (2000) (series)
Wimbledon (2004)
Lenny Henry
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Penelope (2006)
Bernard and the Genie (1991) (TV movie)
Nick Frost
UK
Best movies:
Pirate Radio (2009)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Green Wing (2004) (series)
Todd Boyce
USA
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Miracle Landing on the Hudson (2014) (TV movie)
Paul Herbert
Best movies:
Titanic (1997)
Penelope (2006)
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Michael Feast
UK
Best movies:
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
Richard Leaf
Best movies:
Braveheart (1995)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Penelope (2006)
Nick Shafer
USA
Best movies:
Penelope (2006)
Love Hurts (2009)
Tallulah Evans
Best movies:
Penelope (2006)
Son of Rambow (2007)
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009)