Princess Caraboo (1994) starring Phoebe Cates, Jim Broadbent, Wendy Hughes, Kevin Kline, John Lithgow, Stephen Rae. In 1817 in England, a time when harsh laws constrain vagrants and beggars, a young woman (Cates) -- of exotic appearance and speaking no English -- appears on the side of a country road. She is quickly adopted by a couple (Broadbent and Hughes), who come to believe that she is a foreign princess named Caraboo who has washed up on English shores after escaping a slave ship. Rae plays a journalist named Gutch, who is enchanted with Caraboo but can't quite bring himself to believe her story. Others take her for an impostor, but she manages to win them over. The performances by the whole cast are very good. The fact that the movie is subtitled "A True Story" adds another layer of wonder to the whole entertainment. The subtitles are available in several languages, including English. I had a lot of fun watching it. Grade: B+
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