Is Photographing Fairies sad?

Yes, very. More sad than 96% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Photographing Fairies scary?

Yes. More frightening than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Photographing Fairies end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Photographing Fairies violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Photographing Fairies easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Photographing Fairies

Name: Photographing Fairies
Genre: Mystery, Fantasy, Drama
Released: 1997
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Toby Stephens, Emily Woof, Ben Kingsley, Frances Barber, Bernard Gallagher

Another world… as close as the beat of your heart

Directed by Nick Willing

Produced by British Screen Productions, Arts Council of England

1997106 min5.7 / 10

A melancholic mystery about grief and the search for transcendence, where a widowed photographer pursues fairy photographs as both investigation and spiritual escape.

Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a photographer. Following the war and still in grief Charles is given some photographs purporting to be of fairies. His search for the truth leads him to Burkinwell, a seemingly peaceful village seething with secrets

Clusters

Dark Stories About Forbidden Desire Mental Illness Caregiving Unresolved Grief Stories Classic Literary Legends Coping With Death

Genres

Mystery Fantasy Drama

Keywords

Based On Novel Or Book Photographer Loss Of Loved One Fairy Grieving Widower 1920s 1910s Arthur Conan Doyle

Questions people ask

Is Photographing Fairies sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.
Is Photographing Fairies scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.
Does Photographing Fairies end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 61% of films.
Is Photographing Fairies violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Photographing Fairies easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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