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ANTONIA'S LINE Antonia. Directed by. Marleen Gorris. Netherlands, Belgium, 1995. Comedy, Drama. 98. Synopsis. In an anonymous Dutch village, a sturdy, strong-willed ...
There, Antonia settles down and joins a tightly-knit but unusual community. Those around her include quirky friend Crooked Finger, would-be suitor Bas and, eventually for Antonia, a granddaughter and great-granddaughter who help create a strong family of empowered women. Marleen Gorris. Director, Screenplay. Reviews.
ANTONIA'S LINE. Antonia. Directed by. Marleen Gorris. Netherlands, Belgium, 1995. Comedy, Drama. 98. Synopsis. In an anonymous Dutch village, a sturdy, strong-willed matriarch looks back upon her life, the generations of family and friends gathered around her table, and ponders the cyclical nature of time.
In the aftermath of WWII, strong-willed Antonia returns to her small hometown where she has inherited her mother’s farm. Antonia, joined by her free-spirited artist daughter Danielle, ingratiate themselves with the town’s tight-knit and eccentric community. As the years unfold, love and tragedy come to Antonia and Danielle and the pair ...
Antonia’s Line (1995) — (Movie Clip) My Blue Heaven Director Marleen Gorris dives into the imagination of Dutch teen Danielle (Els Dottermans) at the funeral of the grandmother (Petra Laseur) she barely met (with maybe the most improbable use ever of the 1920’s tune by Walter Donaldson and George A. Whiting), before her mom (title character, Willeke van Ammelrooy) brings her to the ad ...
Sep 21, 1995 · Antonia’s Line opens on (and in the end comes back to) the last day of Antonia’s long life. Her bedroom is a faded, nicked red, with the stylized minimalism of a fable, and she wakes to unseen ...
Summaries. A Dutch matron establishes and, for several generations, oversees a close-knit, matriarchal community where feminism and liberalism thrive. In an anonymous Dutch village, a sturdy, strong-willed matriarch looks back upon her life, the generations of family and friends gathered around her table, and ponders the cyclical nature of time.
