Young Ariadlyn is sent to bed as a party rages downstairs. Escaping her bedtime, she slips into her parents’ room, where she discovers an ornate wooden box, opening a door to a magical world called The Turning. To find her way back home and save her parents — now frozen in the real world — Ariadlyn must seek out a sorceress and her crystal vial. Along the way, she will encounter giants, whales, armies, shapeshifters and acrobatic monkeys as she discovers what it means to grow up.
Alicia Vikander
(voice)
Jamie Dornan
(voice)
Jodie Turner-Smith
(voice)
Gillian Anderson
(voice)
Bill Nighy
(voice)
The Turning Door is a animation, adventure, family, fantasy film. Directed by Nicholas Ashe Bateman, it stars Alicia Vikander, Jamie Dornan, Jodie Turner-Smith. Young Ariadlyn is sent to bed as a party rages downstairs. Escaping her bedtime, she slips into her parents’ room, where she discovers an ornate wooden box, opening a door to a magical world called The Turning. To find her way back home and save her parents — now frozen in the real world — Ariadlyn must seek out a sorceress and her crystal vial. Along the way, she will encounter giants, whales, armies, shapeshifters and acrobatic monkeys as she discovers what it means to grow up.
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