The Fairy

The Fairy (2011)

Genres - Fantasy, Romance, Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Psychological Drama, Romantic Comedy  |   Release Date - Feb 24, 2012 (USA - Limited), Feb 24, 2012 (USA)  |   Run Time - 93 min.  |   Countries - Belgium, France  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Mark Deming

The Belgian comedy team of Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, and Bruno Romy return in this story of a man who finds love under unexpected circumstances. Dom (Abel) works nights at a hotel as a desk clerk and regularly deals with a parade of eccentric guests, most notably a British tourist (Philippe Martz) who won't take a hint that his menagerie of pets is not welcome. Dom hardly thinks anything of it when Fiona (Gordon) appears and announces she's a fairy who will grant him three wishes in exchange for a room. To Dom's surprise, when he asks for a new motor scooter and an endless supply of gas, Fiona actually shows up with a scooter, and as the two spend more time together, he finds himself falling deeply in love with her. But Fiona isn't really an enchanted being -- she's an escapee from a mental institution, and when she ends up back in the hospital after giving birth to Dom's child, he hatches a plot to break her out. Co-starring Romy as a bartender with vision problems, La Fee (aka The Fairy) was an official selection at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

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child, clerk, escape, fairy, hotel, mental-patient (escaped), pregnancy, scooter, tourist, wish