Antonia's Line
by Marleen Gorris
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Actor: Dora van der Groen, Els Dottermans, Esther Vriesendorp, Veerle van Overloop, Willeke van AmmelrooyDirector: Marleen Gorris
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Dutch (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-12-10
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: First Look Pictures
Movie Reviews of Antonia's Line
Movie Review: annoying claptrap
Summary: 1 Stars
This movie won the Oscar for best foreign film and I see from other reviews that lots of people really love it. Needless to say, my wife and I thought it was not only boring but very silly.
Antonia, the eponymous heroine, is a strong-willed woman who moves back to her village after the Second World War with her daughter and builds a kind of feminist alternative universe. She gathers around herself a coterie of kindred spirits. In this fantasy world, good always conquers evil and love conquers all. A central metaphor is the dinner table set up in the farm courtyard -- although we never see what they're eating. probably cabbage and potatoes -- this isn't an Italian movie.
Two women get raped but not to worry -- Antonia sets their worlds to rights.
Throughout, we are hectored by a boring voice-over declaiming cliches like, "Days turned into weeks and weeks into months and months into years. Summer turned to autumn and autumn to winter and winter to spring. the earth continued turning, time did its work etc etc etc."
Antonia's daughter decides she wants a child and find a sperm donor to impregnate her. Nine months later Therese is born and grows up to be a mathematical and musical genius. She in turn gives birth to Sarah giving us four generations of strong and independent women living strong independent lives in their strong independent ways.
The makeup artists get to practice their art, turning all the characters into old wrecks. Finally, mercifully, Antonia decides it's time to die -- so she shuts her eyes and dies. End of story. Thank God!
Summary of Antonia's Line
Studio: First Look Home Entertain Release Date: 12/10/2002To a small Dutch town filled with characters known by such names as Crooked Finger, Loony Lips, and the Mad Madonna, Antonia returns with her daughter Danielle after 20 years away. Covering the next 40 years, Antonia's Line looks at the matriarch and her offspring, stretching out to her great-granddaughter, Sarah. A whimsical story with fairy-tale conventions, this movie deals with the cyclical nature of time as well as the strength of women. While this is not just a "woman's movie," men are regulated to the background in a story that tells of women breaking free of traditional roles. Surprisingly, this movie achieves a light-hearted tone while tackling serious subjects: small-town prejudices, rape, and suicide. Yet the drama's comedic heart shines through as Antonia collects a rather odd assortment of people, outsiders who become part of her extended family. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, Antonia's Line is moving and beautiful, imparting a sense of hope and joy to the viewer. --Jenny Brown
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