Ohjaus:
Jocelyn MoorhouseKäsikirjoitus:
Jane AndersonKuvaus:
Janusz KaminskiSävellys:
Thomas NewmanNäyttelijät:
Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Nelligan, Alfre Woodard, Kate Capshaw, Adam Baldwin, Dermot Mulroney, Maya Angelou, Lois Smith (lisää)Suoratoistopalvelut (2)
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Berkeley graduate student Finn is spending the summer at the home of her grandmother, Hy, and great aunt, Glady Joe. Surrounded by orange groves in Grasse, California, her grandmother's house is a quiet haven where Finn intends to actually finish her latest thesis, this one on the rituals of women's handiwork in tribal cultures. More important, Finn needs the summer to think over a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Sam. Her eyes are about to be opened by the women who've seen it all. Hy and Glady Joe's house is also the longtime home of the Grasse Quilting Bee, made up of a group of remarkable women who are Finn's extended family. As they gather to make her wedding quilt, the women tell Finn the stories of the loves that shaped their lives. Tales of true love, betrayal, joy and heartbreak come to life in scenes which span from 1860 to the present, each story as individual as the women themselves. (jakelijan virallinen teksti)
(lisää)Arvostelut (2)
This is an excellent feminist film of the 1990s. Where are the times when the main characters were active lovers, students, and daughters? Winona became an icon of the youth and every emancipated young woman wished to have her face. In this story, she plays 26-year-old Finn, who is taking the summer off from her boyfriend to finish her thesis. Meanwhile, she learns the life stories of the most important women in her family and at the end of it all, she becomes part of a new quilt. There is a special nostalgia associated not only with generational stories nicely layered throughout the century. Nowadays, the electric typewriter and tapes with which our college girl is surrounded are also nostalgic. Beyond that, her summer affair is so palpably sexy that I would have no issues embracing the screen.
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At first glance it looks like a very feminine film, and it is very feminine - after all the main characters are women, but on the other hand, for example Winona's point of view deals with problems that even a man can have. The uncertainty of what one actually expects. I liked the musings. But the clear answer at the end? Not so much.
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