The tale of Penelope did not start well, her beauty transformed by an evil spell. To the world outside the news was big, a poor little girl, with the face of a pig! How to break the curse? Well nobody knows... unless a handsome prince will propose. Christina Ricci stars as Penelope Wilhern, a girl with an extraordinary curse. Hidden away in the family's majestic home, her family try in vain to to find a blue-blood to love her in order to break the curse.. Determined to live life on her own terms, Penelope breaks free into a whimsical world. Out in the world for the first time, she is forced to question what it means to be different, and what it takes to be loved.