Photographing fées is a 1997 ethereal fantaisie film directed par Nick Willing and is based on the novel par Steve Szilagyi. It was influenced par the infamous Cottingley fées hoax. (The fées appear in a series of five photographs taken par Elsie Wright (1901–88) and Frances Griffiths (1907–86) in 1917)
Photographer Charles château (Toby Stephens) is beside himself with grief following the death of his new bride on their honeymoon.
He goes to war, working as a photographer in the trenches, photographing corpses. Following the war Charles earns his living making trick photos of dead soldiers...
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