The Fine Art of Love: Mine Ha-Ha
2005 · 102 min · ★ 5.8 · Mystery, Drama
A group of young girls are brought up in a college within dark forests and gloomy lakes. Young Hidalla and her friends Irene, Vera, Blanka, Melusine and Rain are brought up in an isolated world: the girls don't know anything about live outside the college's high walls. At the age of 16, some of them start asking questions about their origins, their parents and the true purposes of the Headmistresses strict rules. When two of them disappear mysteriously, the initial fairytale atmosphere grows more and more eerie...
Directed by John Irvin · Written by Alberto Lattuada
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Jacqueline Bisset Headmistress -
Hannah Taylor-Gordon Irene -
Natalia Tena Vera -
Anna Maguire Melusine -
Mary Nighy Hidalla -
Anya Lahiri Rain - E Emily Pimm Blanka
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Urbano Barberini il principe -
Silvia De Santis Gertrude -
Eva Grimaldi Simba -
Enrico Lo Verso Inspector -
Galatea Ranzi Lady Helena
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