When married British women Rose Arbuthnot and Lottie Wilkins decide to take a break from their respective spouses, they stay at a castle in Italy for a quiet holiday. Joining the ladies is Caroline Dester, a young socialite, and Mrs. Fisher, an older aristocrat. Liberated from their daily routines, the four women ease into life in rural Italy, and each finds herself transformed by the experience.

Miranda Richardson
as Rose Arbuthnot

Josie Lawrence
as Lottie Wilkins

Polly Walker
as Caroline Dester

Joan Plowright
as Mrs Fisher

Alfred Molina
as Mellersh Wilkins

Michael Kitchen
as George Briggs

Jim Broadbent
as Frederick Arbuthnot

Neville Phillips
as Vicar

Stephen Beckett
as Jonathan

Matthew Radford
as Patrick
Peter McGinn
I have always been a sucker for a good chick flick. A wonderful cast bring to life a novel about four women who rent an Italian castle to escape their dreary lives. I won’t list all seven names of the performers who make this so great. Even a couple of characters I wanted to dislike were given enou...