MADELINE
SATURDAY, MAY 12 AT 10:00AM | FREE ADMISSION
Part of Loft Jr., a free monthly series showcasing great new and classic
family-friendly films from around the world! Pre-show activities hosted by
Mildred & Dildred Toy Store starting at 9:15am!
The adventures of Madeline, a spunky flame-haired orphan, are lovingly
adapted from Ludwig Bemelmans’ classic children’s books in this fun
comedy starring Oscar-winner Frances McDormand. The indomitable Madeline
(Hatty Jones) and her eleven friends live at a school in an old house in
Paris (“In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines, twelve little
girls lived in two straight lines”), run by the stern headmistress Miss
Clavel (McDormand). The smallest of all the girls, Madeline is also the most
adventurous, and the most adept at finding trouble. She is also a
quick-witted and likable child who can solve almost any problem. Her latest
scheme is to keep her school, which is also her home, from being sold by its
owner, the recently widowed Lord Covington (Nigel Hawthorne). Along the way,
she tangles with kidnappers, loses her appendix but gains an awesome scar,
falls into the Seine only to be rescued by a dog whom the girls later adopt
and name Genevieve, and matches wits with Pepito, the devilish son of the
Spanish Ambassador who moves in next door. (Dir. by Daisy von Scherler Mayer,
1998, USA, 98 mins., Rated PG)
