The Legend of Longwood
When 12-year-old Mickey Miller moves from New York to Ireland, she soon discovers a link between herself and the 300-year-old legend of the mysterious Black Knight, who regularly haunts the sleepy Irish village. With courage and a sharp mind, she sets out to save a precious herd of white horses and to thwart the evil plans of a greedy, ambitious woman?
Crumbling castles, mysterious riddles, frightening spirits, beautiful horses and a plucky, fearless heroine - director Lisa Mulcahy has lovingly burnished the most beloved coming-of-age elements in this "quest" film, set in the starkly beautiful landscapes of rural Ireland.
Mickey Miller is a thoroughly modern 12-year-old American girl whose great love is horses. Not surprisingly, she has little enthusiasm for her mother's plan to take Mickey and her little brother to start a new life in a run-down mill she has inherited in Longwood, a windswept Irish town at the end of the world... Mickey's presence in Longwood coincides with the return of the Black Knight, a legendary ruler who found no peace after his baby daughter was taken from him, and whose appearances always mean that something evil is going to happen to the villagers. Mickey hears and sees things that others can't, and forms an immediate bond with Silver, the proudest, haughtiest, most untamable horse in the stalls of a nearby castle. Realizing that she is directly linked to the story of the Black Knight, Mickey and her new friend Sean set out to redeem the knight so as to bring lasting peace to Longwood. But first she must save the lives of seven horses and thwart the evil plans of a greedy, ambitious woman - a mighty handful even for the bravest girl!
Key Information
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Adventure Fantasy/Fairy tale |
| __clip.producedby | Holland Harbour Productions (NL), Grand Pictures (IE), Longwood Pictures GmbH (DE) |
| __clip.yearofproduction | 2014 |
| __clip.duration | 01h39h00h00 min |
| __clip.countryoforigin | Ireland, Netherlands, Germany |
| __clip.languageversions | English [OV] |
Cast & Crew
| __clip.director | Lisa Mulcahy |
| __clip.cast | Lucy Morton Miriam Margolyes Thekla Reuten Sean Mahon |
| __clip.producers | Nadadja Kemper Michael Garland Rob Vermeulen |
| __clip.writers | Nadadja Kemper & Lisa Mulcahy |