Directed by:
Jon AvnetScreenplay:
Carol SobieskiCinematography:
Geoffrey SimpsonComposer:
Thomas NewmanCast:
Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jessica Tandy, Gailard Sartain, Stan Shaw, Cicely Tyson, Gary Basaraba, Lois Smith, Richard Riehle (more)VOD (1)
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Parallel stories of women establishing themselves in the contemporary American South and in the period between the World Wars. A middle-aged woman draws strength and independence from the stories told to her by a resident in an old people's home. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Kathy Bates
USA
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Titanic (1997)
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High Stakes (1989)
Mary Stuart Masterson
USA
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Mary-Louise Parker
USA
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Jessica Tandy
UK
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Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
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Gailard Sartain
USA
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Stan Shaw
USA
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Cicely Tyson
USA
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
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Gary Basaraba
Canada
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Lois Smith
USA
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Richard Riehle
USA
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Nancy Moore Atchison
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Grace Zabriskie
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Chris O'Donnell
USA
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Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
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Nick Searcy
USA
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Raynor Scheine
USA
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LaTanya Richardson Jackson
USA
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Ted Manson
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Fannie Flagg
USA
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Macon McCalman
USA
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Falling Down (1993)
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Timothy Scott
USA
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