The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

In the most difficult times, only Christmas brings happiness to every home. But young Klara does not want to be happy about anything. But her godfather Drosselmeyer gave her an unusual gift that allowed the girl to get into an exciting parallel world. Klara got into the world created by her dead mother. There are several areas in this kingdom: Country of Snows, Country of Flowers, Country of Sweets. After staying there for a while, the girl meets the soldier Philip and realizes that she is a princess, and her mother is a queen. And Clara learned that all these lands are in danger, because Mother Ginger wants to capture them together with her army of mice. Clara needs to get to the Fourth Land and fight the enemy. This world needs harmony. Read more The film is an adaptation of the story-tale by E.T.A. Hoffmann "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". The film was directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston. If the former was previously involved in the projects "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" (1993), "Hatiko: The Best Friend" (2008), "A Dog's Life" (2017), the latter has works such as "Jumanji" (1995), "October Sky" (1999), "The First Avenger" (2011). The main role of Clara in the film was played by Mackenzie Foy. The actress is known for the films "The Spell" (2013) and "Interstellar" (2014). The film also starred: Morgan Freeman ("The Shawshank Redemption" (1994), "Seven" (1995), "Million Dollar Baby" (2004, "Oscar" for "Best Supporting Actor")), Keira Knightley ("Pride and Prejudice" (2005, Oscar nomination), "Atonement" (2007), "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise), Helen Mirren ("Oh, Lucky Man" (1973), "The Queen" (2006, "Oscar" for "Best Actress"), "The Audience" (2012)). The film will be released on October 24, 2018 on French screens.