I denne ganske særlige have blomstrer venskab, sygdom forsvinder, og sorger fordufter. Her opdager den ulykkelige, forældreløse pige Mary, hendes forkælede og svagelige fætter, Colin og den søde landsbydreng Dickon, at gensidig omsorg kan ændre alt. Frances Hodgson Burnetts klassiske fortælling får nyt liv i denne fortryllende filmversion, der er nænsomt bearbejdet af Caroline Thompson og instrueret af Agnieszka Holland. I de øvrige hovedroller ses Maggie Smith og John Lynch. Som Mary siger: "Hvis man kigger den rigtige vej, kan man se, at verden er én stor have." Oplev en verden af magi i denne dejlige film.

Enspænderen Bella Brown (Jessica Brown Findlay) lever en stille og velordnet tilværelse, men da hendes gnavne nabo Alfred tvinger hende til at få styr på sin tilgroede have, og hun forelsker sig i den unge opfinder Billy, kan hun ikke længere bare gemme sig væk i sin egen verden. Nu tager begivenhederne fart, og hun bliver kastet ud i et eventyr, der får stor betydning for hende liv.

When a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera epidemic, she is sent back to England to live in a country mansion. The lord is a strange old man-- frail and deformed, immensely kind but so melancholy. She wishes to discover what has caused him so much sorrow and to bring joy back to the household. It all must have something to do with the screams and wails which echo through the house at night and no one wants to talk about.

David Cardew, a talented sculptor, lives an idyllic life in the English countryside with his wife, Laura, and their two children. But his happiness spoils as he becomes increasingly fixated on the idea that Laura is having an affair with a young cellist, Anton Falk. The three attend a fête where David watches Anton and Laura during a ballet about brutal and violent revenge - and his obsession begins to take an even darker turn....