Based on the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1992.

Special features: Audio commentary with filmmakers.

Photography, Rex Maidment ; music, Richard Rodney Bennett ; editor, Dick Allen.

Miranda Richardson, Josie Lawrence, Polly Walker, Joan Plowright, Alfred Molina, Michael Kitchen, Jim Broadbent.

London, the 1920s. Lottie and Rose are two married women who share the misery of empty marriages and decide to rent an Italian castle for the spring to get away. In order to save money, they advertise for two other women to join them. Mrs. Fisher is an elderly widow is struggling with a lonely and regimented existence. She jumps at the chance to join the vacation. Lady Caroline Dester is a gorgeous flapper who has been grabbed one too many times and believes that she is sick of men. They arrive in San Salvatore. The seaside Italian castle is drenched in wisteria and sunshine. The women find themselves in a transformative beauty so enchanting that they experience changes in themselves they never thought possible.

MPAA rating: PG; for some mild language.

DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen (1.85:1, enhanced); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; closed-captioned.