When Matilda is enrolled, no one has noticed her giftedness. No wonder: Her father's a windy car dealer and her mother a very busy bingo player --- and both hold books and education totally unnecessary.
Only their lively class - especially the young teacher Miss Honey - Matilda freed from their isolation. The world might be all right now, were it not for the headmistress Trunchbull, with which is absolutely not to be trifled with. But if Matilda of hate, it is injustice. And there gives it the wrath unsuspected powers ... but more is not to be betrayed!