narrative followed here. The location
is unnamed, though it appears
to be England, and the setting is
a country manor. There resides Mr
Bauer (Greg Wise), his teenage
daughter Lara (Hannah Rae) and
Lara’s strict governess, Ms Fontaine
(Jessica Raine). Bored out of her
mind, Lara has been looking forward
to being joined for the summer
by another young lady who
plans to reside in her home for the
season, only to receive news that
the girl in question has fallen ill,
succumbing to some mysterious
condition. Resigned to a summer
of loneliness, Lara is thrilled when
her father takes in a young girl
(Devrim Lingnau) he found in the
wreck of a crashed carriage.
The girl has no memory of where
she came from (or at least that’s
how she tells it), and she can’t
even recall her name, so Lara gifts
her the moniker ‘Carmilla’. As Carmilla
regains her strength, she begins
to enchant Lara, stirring feelings
she has never experienced,
and it’s not long before the two
are...well, necking.
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