However, Lady Tremaine has found the slipper first, and declares she will only allow Ella to marry Kit on the condition that Ella make Lady Tremaine head of the royal household and find respectable husbands for the stepsisters. Ella hurries to retrieve the glass slipper to prove her identity. Now the new king, Kit issues a royal proclamation professing his love for the “mystery princess” and requests she present herself.
The King dies, but not before giving his son permission to marry Ella. She returns home and hides the remaining glass slipper under the floorboards. The Grand Duke pursues her however, when the magic dissipates, Cinderella is able to hide in the woods. Before she can tell Kit her name, the clock chimes midnight and she flees the palace, losing one of her glass slippers. Though surprised at Kit's true identity, Ella bonds with the Prince. The Grand Duke, having promised Kit to the Princess Chelina of Zaragoza for political reasons, expresses his annoyance and is overheard by Lady Tremaine. As Ella departs, the Fairy Godmother warns her the magic will end at the last stroke of midnight, and casts a final spell to prevent Ella's step-family from recognizing her.Īt the ball, Kit is delighted to see Ella and gives her the first dance. She then transforms Ella's ripped gown into a beautiful ball gown, and gives her a pair of glass slippers. She magically transforms a pumpkin into a carriage, mice into horses, lizards into footmen, and a goose into the coachman. She runs out to the garden in tears, and meets an old beggar woman, who reveals herself to be Ella's Fairy Godmother. Lady Tremaine and her daughters destroy the dress and leave Ella behind. On the night of the ball as her step-family is preparing to leave, Ella attempts to join them, wearing a refashioned dress of her mother's. Kit persuades his father to invite every eligible maiden in the kingdom, hoping to see Ella again. The King discovers he has little time left to live, and urges Kit to take a princess as his bride at the upcoming royal ball. Ella and Kit take a liking to each other, but they part without him learning her name. He hides that he is a prince, and instead introduces himself as a palace apprentice. Seeing Ella's face covered in cinders after sleeping by the fireplace, her step-family mockingly dubs her "Cinderella".ĭistraught over her step-family's treatment of her, Ella rides off into the woods, where she encounters Kit, the crown prince, out hunting. When Ella's father unexpectedly dies, Lady Tremaine dismisses the household staff to save money, and forces all of their chores upon Ella. Ella's father leaves on business, and Lady Tremaine reveals her cruel and jealous nature, forcing Ella to give up her bedroom to the stepsisters and move into the attic.
Years later, Ella's father marries recently-widowed Lady Tremaine, who has two unpleasant daughters, Drizella and Anastasia. Ella promises to follow her mother's dying wish: to have courage and be kind. The film received positive reviews from critics, and was nominated for costume design categories at the 88th Academy Awards, 21st Critics' Choice Awards, and 69th British Academy Film Awards.Ī beautiful and kind-hearted girl named Ella and her parents live happily in a large house with a few servants, until her mother falls ill. It grossed over $542 million worldwide, becoming Branagh's highest-grossing film to date as a director. Principal photography began at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, England on September 23, 2013, and wrapped on December 14.Ĭinderella had its world premiere on February 13, 2015, at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival and was released theatrically in the United States on March 13, 2015, and in the United Kingdom on March 27 in standard and IMAX formats by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. In November 2012, casting began with Blanchett being the first to sign on James was eventually cast in the titular role in April 2013. In late January 2013, Branagh signed on to direct, with Weitz hired to revise a script from Aline Brosh McKenna. It features Lily James as the title character, alongside Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden, Holliday Grainger, and Helena Bonham Carter.ĭevelopment for a live-action reimagining of the original animated film began in May 2010, with producer Simon Kinberg attached to the project. The film is based on the folk tale and is a live action adaptation of Walt Disney's 1950 animated film of the same name. Cinderella is a 2015 romantic fantasy film directed by Kenneth Branagh, with a screenplay written by Chris Weitz, and co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Kinberg Genre, Allison Shearmur Productions, and Beagle Pug Films.
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