Winter's Tale (also know as A New York Winter's Tale) is a 2014 American
supernatural drama film on DVD, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by
Mark Helprin. The film is written and directed by Akiva Goldsman (in his
directorial debut) and stars Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jennifer
Connelly and Russell Crowe.
Set in a mythic New York City and spanning more than a century,
Winter’s Tale is a story of miracles, crossed destinies, and the age-old
battle between good and evil. Peter Lake (Colin Farrell) is a thief who falls in
love with Beverly Penn, a dying girl who occupies one of the houses he breaks
into. Lake is saved from the insane Irish gangster Pearly Soames (Russell Crowe)
and his gang of thugs by Athansor, a mysterious white horse who becomes his
guardian angel.