The 1996 film Matilda tells the story of a young, exceptionally gifted girl named Matilda Wormwood who lives with her neglectful and corrupt family. Despite her brilliance, her father, Harry, a dishonest used-car salesman, and her bingo-obsessed mother, Zinnia, treat her as a nuisance. Life at Home and Discovery of Books
Matilda learns that Miss Honey is actually the niece of Miss Trunchbull and was raised in an abusive environment after her father’s mysterious death. Trunchbull stole Miss Honey’s family home and inheritance. Matilda(1996)
At age six, Matilda is finally enrolled in Crunchem Hall Elementary School. The school is ruled by the tyrannical headmistress Miss Agatha Trunchbull, a former Olympic hammer thrower who punishes students with extreme cruelty, such as throwing them over fences by their pigtails or locking them in "The Chokey"—a narrow, spike-filled cupboard. The 1996 film Matilda tells the story of