. set in the 1930s in the english countryside . the young protagonist and 17 year old cassandra and set down in her diary her thought and adventure grow up in a bohemian family living in a rented castle . her father be a novelist who have suffer writer block and whose decline fortune have reduce the family to a bare pantry existence . relief come in the form of two american brother who inherit the land on which the castle sit . cassandra slightly old sister rise set her sight on land one of the brother a a husband and and a lot of romantic complication follow . the film have many strength and and a few weakness . the strengths include the beautiful photography and winsome performance by the actor who play cassandra and other member of her family . the main weakness be some uneven pacing which make the film stumble along in part . however and the character be well draw and likable and and the film have a commonsensical end which ring true .