When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self-worth.
Direction
Cuarón's camera floats like Sara's imagination.
Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki's candlelit dreamscapes.
Production
That attic set design is production design heaven.
Director
Alfonso Cuarón
Liesel Matthews
Sara Crewe
Eleanor Bron
Miss Minchin
Liam Cunningham
Capt. Crewe / Prince Rama
Rusty Schwimmer
Amelia Minchin
Vanessa Lee Chester
Becky
Rachael Bella
Betsy
Camilla Belle
Jane
Kelsey Mulrooney
Lottie
Vincent Schiavelli
Mr. Barrow
Time Winters
Frances (Milkman)
Arthur Malet
Charles Randolph
Heather DeLoach
Ermengarde
Juliana Harkavy
Girl in India
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1995 version drastically rewrites Burnett's novel, removing its racist imperialist nostalgia and centering Sara and Becky's friendship instead.
This was Cuarón's first English-language film and Lubezki's first Oscar nomination — they reunited for Gravity 18 years later.
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