Claudine

United States

1974

92 Min

Color

1.85:1

English

Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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PROD Hannah Weinstein, Dick Di Bona

CAST Diahann Carroll, James Earl Jones, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Tamu Blackwell, David Kruger, Mordecai Lawner

MUSIC Curtis Mayfield, Gladys Knight and the Pips

Synopsis

Claudine tries to provide for her six children in Harlem while on welfare. She has a romance with Roop, a cheerful garbageman she meets while working on the side as a maid. —IMDb

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So sad that Diana Sands had to drop out because Diahann Carroll got no raw soul. She is the onscreen equivalent of Gladys Knight, who sucks the life out of Curtis Mayfield's music. The cinematography is muddy and the plot a series of signposts on significant topics. But then, in the last thirty minutes, this gets truly weird/fun/extreme, like Lars Von Trier going off the rails, and some awkward truths are revealed.