Diamonds and Toads (film)

Diamonds and Toads is an upcoming film based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault.

Coming soon in 2020s.

Synopsis
Renée lives with her selfish stepmother and stepsister. She does all the housework and the chores. Her only escape from their demands is her daily walk to the spring for water. One day an old woman sitting on the bench near the spring asks for a glass of water, and Renée graciously brings her one. In thanks the old woman presents her with a gift both strange and wonderful. When the stepmother sees Renée's gift, she immediately orders her daughter, Francine, to go to the spring and return with as rich a gift. But the gift Francine receives is not what either of them had expected....

Plot
A bad-tempered old widow had two daughters; her older daughter, Francine was disagreeable and proud, but looked and behaved like her mother, and therefore was her favorite child; her younger daughter, Renée was sweet, courteous, and beautiful, but resembled her late father. Jealous and bitter, the widow and her favourite daughter abused and mistreated the younger girl.

One day while collecting water from a spring, an old woman sitting on a nearby bench asked Renée for a drink of water. Renée politely consented and after giving it, she found that the woman was a fairy, who had taken the guise of a crone to test the character of mortals. As Renée was so kind and compassionate toward her, the fairy blessed her with having either a jewel, a precious metal, or a pretty flower fall from her mouth whenever she spoke.

Upon arriving home and explaining why she took so long to her mother, the widow was delighted at the sight of precious metals, jewels and flowers falling from Renée's lips, and desired that her favored eldest daughter, Francine, should have the gift as well. Francine protested, but the widow forcibly sent her to the spring with instruction to act kindly toward an old beggar woman. Francine set off but the fairy appeared as a fine princess, and requested that the girl draw her a drink from the spring. Francine spoke rudely to the fairy and insulted her. The fairy decreed that, as punishment for her despicable attitude, either a toad or a snake would fall from Francine's mouth whenever she spoke.

When Francine arrived home, she told her story to her mother and disgusting toads and vipers fell from her mouth with each word. The widow, in a fury, drove Renée out of the house. In the woods, she met a king's son, who fell in love with her and married her. In time, even the widow was sickened by her older daughter, and drove her out, and she died alone and miserable in the woods.

Characters

 * (?) as Francine - bad girl
 * (?) as Renée - good girl
 * (?) as Father
 * (?) as Mother
 * (?) as Old Woman
 * (?) as Young Woman
 * (?) as Fairy
 * (?) as Prince -
 * (?) as Guard -
 * (?) as

Trivia

 * In the original story, the sisters are called Fanny and Rose, but in the movie, their names are changed to Francine and Renée.