Results for Modernized Fairy Tales
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A young kitchen maid working in a castle in the mountains believes a woman seeking refuge one late night is a disguised princess. But as she helps the supposed princess head to the ball to meet her prince, the young maid will need to reckon with the possibility that this is not quite the fairytale she believes it to be.
The three wicked mothers of Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Snow White team up to regain their confidence and exact revenge on the daughters who betrayed them.
An eerie description of characteristic fairy tale elements and how they are embodied in characters.
In a dark rendition of Red Riding Hood, a woman bored by village life longs for the dark mystery of the woods and the wolves therein.
A young girl sets out to find a king who will kill the griffin that is terrorizing her small village.
An elderly Egyptian servant tells the allegorical story of the white-footed gazelle, a series of vignettes tethered together by shared characters and themes. When finished, the servant suggests that beasts are not confined to fairy tales and also exist, in the form of common people, in everyday life.
A young mother in the rural Northeast writes magical children's books based on her daughter's adventures. Years later, the mother dies, and her daughter returns to her childhood house to find out whether or not the magical world she played in as a child really exists.
A princess prophecied to bring about the downfall of her father, the king, must endure years of hardship and risk everything to be with her one true love.
A mother and father argue over whether or not to allow fairies to punish their daughter who is mutilating innocent fairytale creatures.
A woman tells a story about a fox who, to great consequences, raises a human child.