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. —IMDb
Marleen Gorris (born 9 December 1948, Roermond) is a writer-director from the Netherlands. Gorris is known as an outspoken feminist and supporter of gay and lesbian issues which is reflected in much of her work. She wrote and directed the films A Question of Silence (1982), Broken Mirrors (1984), The Last Island (1991), and Antonia’s Line (1995 – Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film), Mrs. Dalloway (1997 – based on the novel by Virginia Woolf) and The Luzhin Defence (2000 – originally a Nabokov novel). She is signed to direct Heaven and Earth, a film about Dr. James Miranda Barry. —Wikipedia
Felt like a feel good feminist propaganda film full of oversimplifications, lazy PC-writing, and one dimensional characters.
Antonia’s Line is not a magical movie in the traditional sense, but from the opening it suggests the Antonia (Willeke van Ammelrooy), an old but healthy and strong old woman, is gifted with the perception… read review
