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Synopsis: In England in the early 1930's, 20 year old Flora Poste, recently orphaned and left with only 100 pounds a year, goes to stay with distant relatives on Cold Comfort Farm. Everyone on the gloomy farm is completely around the twist, but Flora tries to sort everything out...
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): John Schlesinger
Production: Universal Pictures
  2 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
PG
Year:
1995
105 min
1,323 Views


the little maidy?

Who else is gonna get off

at Beershorn Halt?

[ Thinking ] A man's huge body,

rude as a wind-tortured thorn,

was printed dark against

the fame of sun that-

that throbbed

- that throbbed on the tip of Mockuncle Hill.

The golden orb.. [

Conductor ] Beershorn!

Oh.

[ Blows Whistle ] [

Train Whistle Blowing ]

gh!

How revolting!

Don't you know

this trap's filthy?

[ Grunting ]

Are ye the little maidy,

Robert Poste's child?

Yes, I'm the little maidy.

Who are you?

Adam.

Adam Lambsbreath.

Ye get up. I'll see to

them, Robert Poste's child.

Miss Poste. Or Miss Flora, if

you want to be completely feudal.

Ugh!

[ Flora ] Where's this?

Howlin; Robert Poste's child.

Howling?

Are we nearly there?

Another few miles yet,

Robert Poste's child.

Git on, Viper.

What's the farm like? The seeds wither

and the earth will not nourish 'em.

The cows are barren.

The sows are farren.

All is turned to sourness

and ruin. Oh, dear.

Is there no money?

'Tain't money.

There's a curse on the place,

Robert Poste's child.

'Tis the Starkadders'doom.

[ Flora ] Oh, I'm sure

it's not as bad as all that.

[ Groaning ]

[ Adam ]

Viper.

Whoa there, Viper.

Well, it is a little gloomy,

I agree.

Whoa. Whoa, Viper!

Get 'e down,

Robert Poste's child.

Oh, how do you do?

You must be Cousin Judith.

It's so good of you to have me. Isn't

it curious we've never met before?

'Tis Robert Poste's child,

all right. [ Cow Bellowing ]

That's Graceless,

looking out for me.

You get back to your

cows, Adam. My luggage.

Meriam'll bring it.

This way, Miss Poste.

I think,just for tonight,

I'll eat in my room if I may.

It's cold there. I expect

a fire will soon warm it up.

Oh, my sons'll be sorry.

They wanted to see

their little cousin.

Your sons?

Seth and Reuben.

Seth and Reuben.

Really?

Well, I'll see them

tomorrow, I'm sure.

Someone has a hearty appetite.

Follow me, Miss Poste.

Nobody shall say we didn't do

right by Robert Poste's child.

No. Quite.

Thank you.

[ Springs Squeaking ]

[ Rustling ]

Hey, Elfine.

My little water - vole.

My little water - vole.

[ Rooster Crowing ]

Mmm.

[ Chickens Clucking ]

Ohh.

[ Adam ] You'd never sell

Feckless! [ Man ] I do what I like!

[ Adam ] Who could've tended the

poor, dumb beasty better nor I?

I knows what's in her heart better than I

knows what's in the hearts of some humans.

[ Man ] Look at her! Be hard to

find a knacker's man who'd take her.

And another thing! I don't

pay ye wages to collect...

chicken feathers and sell 'em

down Beershorn for good money!

That weren't I! May I never set

hand on plough again if it were!

That were rk!

I say.

Do you think you would mind not

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Malcolm Bradbury

Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury, (7 September 1932 – 27 November 2000) was an English author and academic. more…

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