I Capture the Castle

I Capture the Castle (2003) is a British period romance you can watch online on iFILM. In 1930s England, seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain fills a journal while her broke, eccentric family clings to life inside a crumbling family castle.

The money is gone and so, nearly, is the hope. Her father hasn't written a line in twelve years since one celebrated debut, her free-spirited stepmother drifts through the rooms, and rescue seems to arrive with two young Americans — the Cotton brothers, who've inherited the castle itself. The grown-ups start dreaming of advantageous marriages. The trouble is that Cassandra falls hard for Simon, already engaged to her sister Rose. Romola Garai and Rose Byrne play the sisters, Bill Nighy the father, with a very young Henry Cavill in an early role.

Director Tim Fywell adapts Dodie Smith's beloved novel and keeps its bittersweet coming-of-age voice intact. It's a hushed, rain-soaked film for readers who love English prose and the ache of a first love that can't quite work out. Stream I Capture the Castle (2003) online on iFILM.