# Un simple souhait (1997)

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**Original title**: *A Simple Wish*
**Runtime**: 89 min
**Genres**: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Michael Ritchie
**Written by**: Jeff Rothberg
**Starring**: Martin Short, Kathleen Turner, Mara Wilson, Robert Pastorelli, Deborah Odell, Francis Capra

> *Anabel made a wish. Murray made a mess.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A man with a wand tries to grant a child's Broadway obsession while the fairy union faces a licensing crisis. He’s juggling an expired wand and corporate magic rules. Somewhere a statistician winces at the odds.

**Mood tags**: cozy, playful

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