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  1. Cold Comfort Farm is a comic novel by English author Stella Gibbons, published in 1932. It parodies the romanticised, sometimes doom-laden accounts of rural life popular at the time, by writers such as Mary Webb.

  2. May 10, 1996 · Flora Poste, an orphaned young woman, goes to live with eccentric relatives in Sussex and tries to improve their gloomy lives. The movie is based on a parody of Gothic romance fiction and features a cast of British actors, including Kate Beckinsale, Ian McKellen and Stephen Fry.

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    • Comedy, Romance
    • John Schlesinger
    • 1996-05-10
  3. Cold Comfort Farm is a 1995 British comedy film directed by John Schlesinger and produced by the BBC and Thames Television, an adaptation of Stella Gibbons ' 1932 book of the same name, the film stars Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley, Ian McKellen and Rufus Sewell.

  4. Watch the 1995 film based on Stella Gibbons's novel about a young woman who inherits a farm full of quirky relatives. Available for 9 months on BBC iPlayer, only in the UK.

  5. Mar 6, 2024 · Watch Kate Beckinsale as Flora Poste, a city girl who inherits a farm full of quirky relatives. Based on Stella Gibbons's satire, this 1995 film is directed by John Schlesinger and features Ian McKellen, Joanna Lumley and Eileen Atkins.

  6. In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste (Kate Beckinsale), a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of ...

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    • Comedy
    • TV-PG
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  8. A comedy based on Stella Gibbons' novel about a modern orphan who upsets the gloomy Starkadders, a family of eccentric farmers. The film features Kate Beckinsale, Eileen Atkins, Ian McKellen and Stephen Fry in a satire of British fiction and culture.

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