Fairy Tale: A True Story

Two young girls who believe that fairies are real attempt to prove it to the world in this drama based on actual events. In 1917, there is little to be happy about in the Wright household in West Yorkshire, England. Polly (Phoebe Nicholls) and her 12-year-old daughter Elsie (Florence Hoath) are ...more

Fairy Tale: A True Story is a unique, charming tale about belief, imagination, and the magic of youth. The story -- which centers on two young girls' purported photos of fairies -- also touches on deeper themes of loss and mortality, and the desire to prove that there is something beyond mortal life. Florence Hoath and Elizabeth Earl are impressive as the film's impish young leads; of import to adult viewers are the performances of Peter O'Toole and Harvey Keitel as, respectively, Arthur Conan ...more