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Fine Art of Love - Mine Ha-Ha (The)
- Director: John Irvin
- Writer: Frank Wedekind; Alberto Lattuada
- Producer: Jan Balzer; Mario Cotone
CGiii Comment
Cruelty and controversy, irrelevance and directorial rambling.
Irvin - you didn't do a very good job.
Men and lesbians...time to change the record.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
"Laughing Water - Mine Ha-Ha" is based on "Mine-Haha or Physical Education of Young Girls" by German author Frank Wedekind (Spring Awakening, Lulu, Pandora's Vase). Thuringia, Germany, in the early 20th century. A group of young girls are brought up in a college withinh dark forests and gloomy lakes. Young Hidalla and her friends Irene, Vera, Blanka, Melusine and Rain are brought up in an isolated world: the girls don't know anything about live outside the college's high walls. At the age of 16, some of them start asking questions about their origins, their parents and the true purposes of the Headmistresses strict rules. When two of them disappear mysteriously, the initial fairytale atmosphere grows more and more eerie. Will the inspector from the nearby city discover the real purpose of the college? Will Hidalla be successful in her revolt against the destiny assigned to her by the Headmistress?
Cast & Characters
Jacqueline Bisset as Headmistress;
Hannah Taylor-Gordon as Irene;
Natalia Tena as Vera;
Anna Maguire as Melusine;
Anya Lahiri as Rain;
Emily Pimm as Blanka;
Mary Nighy as Hidalla;
Urbano Barberini as Prince;
Silvia De Santis as Gertrude;
Eva Grimaldi as Simba;
Enrico Lo Verso as Inspector;
Galatea Ranzi as Lady Helena