Mirrormask

Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Stephanie Leonidas	Helena
Gina McKee	Joanne
Rob Brydon	Helena's Father
Jason Barry	Valentine
Dora Bryan	Nan
Robert Llewellyn	Gryphon
Andy Hamilton	Small Hairy
Stephen Fry	Librarian
Fiona Reynard	Receptionist
Nik Robson	Pingo
Simon Harvey	Sphinx
Lenny Henry	Cops 1-4

Director	Dave McKean
Producer	Simon Moorhead; Lisa Henson; Martin G. Baker
Writer	Neil Gaiman; Dave McKean

Helena (Stephanie Leonidis) is a young girl who works in her parents' (Gina McKee and Rob Brydon) circus. Disillusioned with circus life and lack of freedom it offers she argues with them and says she doesn't want to perform anymore. Subsequently her mother collapses and has to go into hospital for a serious operation. Helena, blaming herself falls asleep and awakens in a dreamlike magical world - where her mother is an evil queen, her father a Courtier and she a missing Princess. She must 'quest' through this visually stunning world along with her new companion Valentine (Jason Barry). It is a world of masks, strange creatures and perilous adventures. Helena must discover the mysterious MirrorMask if she ever wants to escape from the world or save her mother.