Where Angels Fear to Tread

Where Angels Fear to Tread

Only one thing could come between Lilia and her Italian lover… her in-laws.

Directed by Charles Sturridge

Produced by Sovereign Pictures, LWT

1991108 min6.7 / 10

A period romance about passion and defiance set against rigid social convention, where love collides with family disapproval in early 1900s Italy.

An English widow goes to Italy, falls in love with a dentist's son and marries him, against her straitlaced family's wishes.

Questions people ask

  • Is Where Angels Fear to Tread sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

  • Is Where Angels Fear to Tread scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Where Angels Fear to Tread violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Does Where Angels Fear to Tread end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 63% of films.

  • Is Where Angels Fear to Tread easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of films.

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.

46/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity33

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise51

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love55

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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