Ekaterina Gorokhovskaya puts one of the most funny and touching tales of Wilde at the same time about the highest value in life - about the family. About its split, disintegration, unification and preservation.
The action is transferred to the sixties of the last century, during the daring, free, independent - and lonely. The Otis family of Americans is eager to start a new life in old England, the heir of Canterville dreams of getting rid of the family castle, Sir Canterville himself, even being a centuries-old ghost, longs for power over everyone who comes into his field of vision. All of them are deeply unhappy, although they do not want to admit it. And no one, except for little Virginia, a daring girl with the manners of a detective, wants to do nothing to bring peace back to the house. Only when Virginia leaves for the dead garden with the ghost of Canterville in search of forgiveness for his soul - will her family unite in search of the missing child and finally understand how far they were all from each other, how little they understood each other and how important they were to each other.
In the finale, everyone will be happy - the heir of Canterville will receive his big money, his former housekeeper will lead tours of the castle turned into a museum, the Otis will return to their hometown, and Sir Canterville will find peace. Life will become what it should be, and the main thing will be what a person has here and now, and not what he has confused himself with, bewitched and confused.
