Antonia (1995)

Director:

Marleen Gorris

Guionista:

Marleen Gorris (writer)

Release Date:

2 febrero 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Frase comercial:

A motion picture that celebrates everything you love about life.

Plot:

A Dutch matron establishes and, for several generations, oversees a close-knit, matriarchal community where feminism and liberalism thrive.

Plot Keywords:

Suicide | Female Nudity | Lesbianism | Offscreen Rape | Women

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Quirky! Excellent! See it, here's why

Cast

Willeke van Ammelrooy	...	Antonia
Els Dottermans	...	Danielle
Dora van der Groen	...	Allegonde
Veerle van Overloop	...	Thérèse
Esther Vriesendorp	...	Thérèse (13)
Carolien Spoor	...	Thérèse (6)
Thyrza Ravesteijn	...	Sarah
Mil Seghers	...	Kromme Vinger (Crooked Finger)
Jan Decleir	...	Boer Bas
Elsie de Brauw	...	Lara
Reinout Bussemaker	...	Simon
Marina de Graaf	...	Deedee
Jan Steen	...	Lippen Willem
Catherine ten Bruggencate	...	Malle Madonna (Mad Madonna)
Paul Kooij	...	Protestant

También conocida como:

Antonia's Line (USA)
Antonia (Spain) [es]
Memorias de Antonia (Argentina) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, and for some violence, including a rape scene.

Duración:

102 min

País:

Netherlands | Belgium | UK

Idioma:

Dutch

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:18 | Finland:K-12 | Germany:12 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Italy:VM14 | Netherlands:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Belgium

Company:

Bergen

Quotes:

Boer Bas: My sons need a mother.
Antonia: I don't need your sons.
Boer Bas: You don't need a husband?
Antonia: What for?

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

My Blue Heaven

Quirky! Excellent! See it, here's why

Rarely does a movie embrace life as fully as "Antonia" (also known Antonia's Line). It was the deserving winner of the Academy Award for best foreign film in 1995. Quirky, unexpected, funny, frightening, and ultimately beautiful, Antonia's line is a portrait of hope that successfully escapes being saccharine. There are moments of violence and despair, but beauty endures. It portrays 3 generations of independent women, and the matriarch of their unusual family, Antonia. Antonia left her small village before WWII and returns years later with her grown daughter. Antonia has an opinion on everything, and smiles as she points out the colorful village characters to her cosmopolitan artist daughter who is amused by everyone from the town busy-bodies to the tradition of drunk men peeing on the church wall. However, Antonia manages to carve out a place for herself by embracing love when she finds it, and opening her arms to the needy outcasts and oddballs that are victimized by cruel villagers.

This film also offers a wonderfully refreshing depiction of love in all shapes and sizes-- connections between mentally handicapped loners, romance between women, elderly romance. It does not sensationalize these unusual couplings, rather it highlights the giddy delight that is two human beings connecting. This is truly a movie about self-made "family," lonely souls that find each other and live together with loyalty. However, one graphic rape scene and a few other (naratively essential) scenes of violence make it inappropriate for young or sensitive children. It is overall, however, not gritty or depressing. Rather it is a portrait of hope made more real by addressing the presence of shadows.

Both "My life as a Dog" and "American Beauty" are reminiscent of the kind of beauty and humor you can expect from this film.