When Does the Film "Enola Homes" (2020) Take Place?
"Enola Homes" is a mystery film written by Jack Thorne [adapting "Enola Holmes and the Case of the Missing Marquess" (2006) by Nancy Springer] that released September 23rd, 2020. So when is "Enola Homes" set?
It takes place in the year:
We know this because near the end of the movie Enola Holmes receives a recent copy of a newspaper front-page with a headline referring to an event seen by the audience before the story ends dated for "THURSDAY, 1884."
1884 AD
We know this because near the end of the movie Enola Holmes receives a recent copy of a newspaper front-page with a headline referring to an event seen by the audience before the story ends dated for "THURSDAY, 1884."
More specifically, the headline reads, "REFORM BILL LATEST:- DEADLOCK". There was, in fact, a major voting reform bill in England at this time: The Representation of the People Act of 1884 was introduced on February 28th, 1884 AD, was deadlocked in voting on July 17th, 1884 AD, and passed before the end of the year. So the narrative begins sometime during or after February of 1884 AD and continues to July of 1884 AD.
Furthermore, there's a graphic title card accompanying an image of Enola at the very beginning that reads "1884".
Additionally, there is a very quick flashback to Enola as an infant very early on. Since ? it is most likely 1868 AD during this scene.
1884 - 16 = 1868.
There are also further flashbacks to Enola's childhood soon afterward but as no years or ages are given, these scenes are unplaceable.
It is the first film in the Enola Holmes timeline (an alternate universe from the Sherlock Holmes timeline of stories) and can be watched before "Enola Holmes 2" (2022) or entirely separately.
