Featuring an all-star cast and based on one of the great novels of West Indian literature; Orchid House is a gripping and at times breathtaking drama of thwarted passion, desire and colonialism in Dominica, directed by acclaimed independent director Horace Ov. Lally tells the story of all she has seen, raising the three white daughters of a formerly powerful but now impoverished family.Master has returned from war a broken man, chained to a curse from which there is no release. Nurtured and cared for by both his wife Madam, and Mamselle the children’s tutor, the tides... of change sweep and swirl around them, eating away at the oncesolid rock of the white man’s dominance and the all-powerful control of the church. When the three daughters, having left the island, reconvene to shore up what is left of their household, they find an island sultry with the sweat of toil, protest, unresolved passion, death and desire. Secrets that have lain suppressed too long are about to be exposed at the Orchid House. Special Features: Cast Filmographies Picture Gallery Subtitles [show more]
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Four-part adaptation of Phyllis Shand Allfrey's novel about colonialism in Dominica. The tale is narrated by Lally (Madge Sinclair), who reflects on a life spent in the household of a formerly wealthy colonial family comprised of Master (Nigel Terry), Madam (Diana Quick) and their children. The episodes are: 'The Return of the Master', 'Stella', 'Joan' and 'Natalie'.
Based on the novel by Phyllis Shand Allfrey, set on her native Dominica, this TV adaption charts the decline of a all-powerful English family following the First World War. Misdirected passion and passion swirl around the failing family.
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