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David Lynch plays a creepy orphanage guy and somehow he's the LEAST unhinged part.
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IMDb
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Rotten Tomatoes
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Audience Score
60
Google
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Zelly & Me (1988)

90s Lifetime movie fever dreamgothic Virginia gentry decaynanny fantasy gone wrong

Overview

Drama

A young orphan who lives with her grandmother in a large Virginian home infatuates herself with the voices of Joan d'Arc. Her French nanny seeks out the help of a rich suitor to take her and the orphan away when she realizes that the grandmother cannot offer the orphan the love that she needs.

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Standout Aspects

Acting

Isabella Rossellini's brittle, desperate glamour.

Production

That rotting mansion is basically a character.

Best for:Solo: When you want to feel unsettled alone at 2am.·Rewatch: Second viewing hits different once you know Zelly's deal.
Heads up:Disturbing: Child psychological manipulation played unsettlingly straight.
Tina Rathborne

Director

Tina Rathborne

ReleasedApr 15, 1988
Runtime1h 27m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Columbia Pictures

Top Cast

Alexandra Johnes

Alexandra Johnes

Phoebe

Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini

Mademoiselle Zelly

Glynis Johns

Glynis Johns

Co-Co

David Lynch

David Lynch

Willie

Joe Morton

Joe Morton

Earl

Kaiulani Lee

Kaiulani Lee

Nora

Michael Stanton Kennedy

Michael Stanton Kennedy

Taxi Driver

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Trivia

Tina Rathborne never directed another feature; this was her one chaotic vision.

Insight

The film was barely released and remains unavailable streaming—possibly because it captures uncomfortable truths about class tourism that 1988 wasn't ready for.

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