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Many Beautiful Things

60 %|Oct 17, 2015|Documentary, History

From Executive Producer Hisao Kurosawa (Dreams, Ran) comes the untold story of one of the world's greatest women artists and why her name nearly was lost to history. Many Beautiful Things plunges viewers into the complex age of Victorian England to meet Lilias Trotter, a daring young woman who defied all norms by winning the favor of England's top art critic, John Ruskin. In an era when women were thought incapable of producing high art, Ruskin promised that her work could be "immortal." But with her legacy on the line, Lilias made a stunning decision that bids us to question the limits of sacrifice. As Lilias journeys to French Algeria in the late 1800s to pioneer work with women and children, viewers are left to wonder, "Could you abandon a dream to pursue your true calling?" Featuring the voices of Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey) and John Rhys-Davies (Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones).

Featured Crew

Laura Waters Hinson
Writer
Barbara Ballow
Editor
Philip Glassborow
Casting
Laura Waters Hinson
Producer
Joe Gianotti
Sound Mixer
Sylvia Johnson
Additional Photography
Meg McElroy
Production Office Assistant
Laura Waters Hinson
Director

Cast

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Ashley Adams Beach
Lilias Trotter
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Jerry Eisley
John Ruskin
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Michelle Dockery
Lilias Trotter (voice)
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John Rhys-Davies
John Ruskin (voice)