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Starring Emma Bolger, the girl who won many hearts playing Ariel in Jim Sheridan’s ‘In America’, in the title role, HEIDI is a faithful retelling of this heart-warming children’s classic. Directed by first time director Paul Marcus and produced by Chris Figg (Trainspotting) and Martyn Auty (Gentleman’s Relish), this is the first British feature film based on the story (there has also been a 52-part Japanese anime series, a Brazilian version, a 1974 TV series with Nicholas Lyndhurst as Peter, and – most famously – Shirley Temple’s turn in 1937).

Orphaned Heidi is sent to the mountains to live with a grumpy grandfather she has never known, this time played by the formidable Max Von Sydow (Minority Report, Pelle the Conqueror) and the two soon grow to love each other. However, their idyllic world is cruelly interrupted by the arrival of Heidi’s aunt, who claims Heidi and then sells her to the evil Mme Rottenmeier, played by Geraldine Chaplin (Talk to Her) to be a companion to the invalid girl in her care. Despite her ability to make friends wherever she goes, Heidi soon misses her grandfather and longs to return to the mountains. A charming, wholesome tale for the whole family to enjoy, HEIDI also stars a wealth of home grown talent, including Diana Rigg (The Avengers, A Good Man in Africa), Pauline McLynn (Father Ted) and Robert Bathurst (Cold Feet).

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