Antonia's Line

Antonia's Line
German poster
Directed byMarleen Gorris
Written byMarleen Gorris
Produced byGerard Cornelisse
Hans de Weers
Hans de Wolf
George Brugmans
Starring
CinematographyWilly Stassen
Edited byWiebe van der Vliet
Distributed byAsmik Ace Entertainment
Release dates
  • 12 September 1995 (1995-09-12) (TIFF)
  • 21 September 1995 (1995-09-21)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch
Budget£1.5 million[1]
Box office$4.2 million[2]

Antonia's Line (Original title: Antonia) is a 1995 Dutch feminist film written and directed by Marleen Gorris. The film, described as a "feminist fairy tale",[3][4][5] tells the story of the independent Antonia (Willeke van Ammelrooy) who, after returning to the anonymous Dutch village of her birth, establishes and nurtures a close-knit matriarchal community. The film covers a breadth of topics, with themes ranging from death and religion to sex, intimacy, lesbianism,[6] friendship and love.

Antonia's Line was made after challenges in finding locations and funding in the 1980s and 1990s. It enjoyed critical success and several awards, including winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards.

Plot

Following World War II, the widow Antonia and her daughter Danielle arrive in Antonia's home town where her mother is dying. She reunites with her old friend Crooked Finger, a depressed intellectual who refuses to leave his house. She also begins attracting a following, including Deedee, a mentally handicapped girl, after she is raped by her brother Pitte, and Loony Lips, a simple-minded man who falls in love with Deedee. A pariah, Pitte flees the village. Antonia turns down an offer of marriage from Farmer Bas, but develops a lasting romance with him.

Danielle, who has a vivid imagination, becomes an artist and expresses interest in raising a child, while rejecting the idea of having a husband. Antonia and Danielle visit the city to find a man to impregnate Danielle, resulting in the birth of Therèse, a child prodigy. Danielle falls in love with Therèse's tutor, Lara, and they remain together in a lesbian relationship. Therèse develops an understanding and kinship with Crooked Finger beyond what Danielle could be capable of.

Years later, Pitte returns to town to collect his inheritance and rapes Therèse. Antonia places a curse on him, after which he is beaten by men of the village and drowned by his brother. Therèse is unable to find her intellectual match but eventually has a relationship with a childhood friend, resulting in her pregnancy. She decides to keep the baby and gives birth to Sarah, the film's narrator, who has a fascination with death. Sarah observes many of her elders die off, including Crooked Finger who commits suicide, and Loony Lips who suffers a tractor accident on the farm. Antonia later dies of old age, surrounded by family and friends.

Cast

Production

A black and white image of Marleen Gorris in 1982.
Director Marleen Gorris wrote the screenplay and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Director and screenwriter Marleen Gorris envisioned the story as distinct from her previous work, such as A Question of Silence (1982), which she referred to as "indictments against society". She referred to Antonia as "a celebration of life", incorporating fairy tale elements and cruel details.[7] Gorris finished the screenplay in 1988. However, making the film took three attempts, with challenges stemming from putting together a large cast and finding a village that could be portrayed as realistic for a 50-year period. It was eventually filmed in Belgium.[8]

Another major challenge was finding investors.[9] Funding ultimately came from the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK.[8] With the help of producer Hans de Weers, Gorris found investors and also worked with British producer Judy Counihan of Red Hot Organization.[9] The budget was £1.5 million.[1] Filming finished in November 1994.[10]

Reception

Box office

In the Netherlands, the film grossed $272,294.[11] In the United States, Antonia's Line opened in 99 theatres, and made $1.8 million in its first 10 days. After 164 days, it crossed the $4 million mark.[1] According to Box Office Mojo, the film completed its run grossing $4,228,275 in North America and $21,046 in South Korea, for a worldwide total of $4,249,321.[12] In the European Union, it had 1,660,901 ticket sales.[1]

Critical reception

Actress Willeke van Ammelrooy received positive reviews and the Golden Calf for Best Actress for her performance.

According to Dutch director Mike van Diem, the film received more positive reviews in the United States than in its native Netherlands, saying "We thought it was a good film, but nobody thought it was that good".[13] Dutch writer Hans Kroon suggested the U.S. reception was out of a need for escapism.[14] On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 67%, based on 51 reviews, and an average rating of 6.9/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Magical and morbid, Antonia picturesque landscapes and proficient performances elevate a somewhat pedestrian parable".[15]

Roger Ebert gave the film four stars, saying the film showed "the everyday realities of rural life, a cheerful feminism, a lot of easygoing sex and a gallery of unforgettable characters".[16] Emanuel Levy, writing for The Advocate, wrote "It's easy to see why" the film was winning awards in festivals, calling it "an enchanting fairy tale that maintains a consistently warm, lighthearted feel", and Willeke van Ammelrooy wonderful.[17] Janet Maslin of The New York Times called it "a work of magical feminism".[18] Alan A. Stone of the Boston Review called it an "astonishingly beautiful film" representing "a truce in the gender war".[9] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times said Antonia's Line is "Beautiful, tender, hearty and poetic", and Van Ammelrooy is warm.[19] Conversely, Edward Guthmann of the San Francisco Chronicle called the film "an odd mix of schmaltz and anti-male orneriness" and the character of Antonia a "sour pickle".[20] Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader called it "humorless" "feminist rage".[21]

In his 2002 Movie & Video Guide, Leonard Maltin called it "a treat from start to finish".[22]

Women's studies professor Linda López McAlister commented that "It seems to me that Gorris's accomplishment in this film is to have created a sense of place and characters full of life, full of quirks and idiosyncrasies and peccadillos, full of love, and rage, and desire".[23] Anneke Smelik analyzed the film, writing "It is Oedipal in the sense that it is about a family, but instead of featuring the triangle of father, mother and child, the film establishes a line of mothers and daughters." She goes on to write, "Female desire is represented in all of its diverse manifestations: Antonia's wish for independence, Danielle's quest for artistic creativity, Therèse's pursuit of knowledge, and Sarah's curiosity about life in general".[24]

Accolades

Antonia's Line won the 1996 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film,[22] the Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice award,[20] and two Nederlands Film Festival Golden Calf awards.[25] Gorris also won for Best Director at the Hamptons International Film Festival and Best Screenplay at the Chicago International Film Festival.[10]

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
Academy Awards 25 March 1996 Best Foreign Language Film Marleen Gorris Won [26]
BAFTA Awards 29 April 1997 Film Not in the English Language Hans de Weers and Marleen Gorris Nominated [27]
Chicago International Film Festival 12–29 October 1995 Best Screenplay Marleen Gorris Won [28]
Audience Choice Award Won
GLAAD Media Award March 1997 Outstanding Film– Limited Release Nominated [29]
Hamptons International Film Festival October 1995 Best Director Won [10]
Joseph Plateau Awards 1995 Best Actress Els Dottermans Won [30]
Netherlands Film Festival 20–29 September 1995 Best Director Marleen Gorris Won [25]
Best Actress Willeke van Ammelrooy Won
Toronto International Film Festival 7–16 September 1995 People's Choice Award Marleen Gorris Won [20]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Bainbridge, C. (2008). A Feminine Cinematics: Luce Irigaray, Women and Film. Roehampton University. p. 199.
  2. ^ Balio, Tino (2010). The Foreign Film Renaissance on American Screens, 1946–1973. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 310.
  3. ^ Kerr, Sarah. "Antonia's Line". The New Yorker. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  4. ^ Hunter, Stephen (26 July 1996). "Fairy tale for feminists sparkles in 'Antonia's Line'". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Strangeways, Sam (18 March 2011). "Feminist fairy tale is a lovely, meandering film". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  6. ^ Redding, Judith M.; Brownworth, Victoria A. (1997). "Marleen Gorris: Uncompromisingly Feminist". Film Fatales: Independent Women Directors (1st ed.). Seattle, Washington: Seal Press. p. 177. ISBN 1-878067-97-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ Frutkin, Alan (5 March 1996). "In Profile". The Advocate. p. 64.
  8. ^ a b Baumgarten, Marjorie. "Antonia's Line Is a Dutch Treat". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  9. ^ a b c Stone, Alan A. (Summer 1996). "A Second Nature". Boston Review. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  10. ^ a b c "Antonia's Line (1995): Miscellaneous Notes". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  11. ^ "Netherlands 1995 Domestic Top 10". Screen International. 12 April 1996. p. 33.
  12. ^ "Antonia's Line". Box Office Mojo. 1995. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  13. ^ Hans Krabbendam; Cornelis A. van Minnen; Giles Scott-Smith (2009). Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations: 1609-2009. Roosevelt Study Center. p. 1066.
  14. ^ Kooijman, Jaap (2004). Fabricating the Absolute Fake: America in Contemporary Pop Culture. Amsterdam University Press. p. 97.
  15. ^ "Antonia (Antonia's Line)". Rotten Tomatoes. 1995. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  16. ^ Ebert, Roger (14 February 1996). "Antonia's Line". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  17. ^ Levy, Emanuel (5 March 1996). "A fairy tale". The Advocate. pp. 64–65.
  18. ^ Maslin, Janet (2 February 1996). "Film Review: A Line of Strong Women With Faith in Destiny". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  19. ^ Thomas, Kevin (2 February 1996). "'Antonia's Line' Draws on Strength of Family, Women". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  20. ^ a b c Guthmann, Edward (14 February 1996). "Antonia's' Tangled Line". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  21. ^ Rosenbaum, Jonathan (8 October 1998). "The Reader's Guide to the 34th Annual Chicago International Film Festival". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  22. ^ a b Maltin, Leonard (2001). Leonard Maltin's 2002 Movie & Video Guide. A Signet Book. p. 53.
  23. ^ McAlister, Linda Lopez (20 April 1996). "Antonia's Line". The Women's Show, WMNF-FM 88.5, Tampa, Florida. Archived from the original on 7 December 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  24. ^ Smelik, Anneke. "Feminist Film Theory". The Feminist eZine. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  25. ^ a b Barra, Allen (14 February 1996). "'Antonia's Line' sets a new mark for feminism". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  26. ^ "The 68th Academy Awards (1996) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  27. ^ "Film Not in the English Language in 1997". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  28. ^ Petrakis, John; Wilmington, Michael (27 October 1995). "Maborosi' Captures Top Film Fest Prize". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  29. ^ Blokker, Bas (4 February 1997). "Ellen' nominated for GLAAD Award". United Press International. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  30. ^ Blokker, Bas (14 April 2004). "Els Dottermans". NRC Handelsblad. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.

Further reading

Read other articles:

Gereja Katolik di Nikaragua

Bagian dari seriGereja Katolik menurut negara Afrika Afrika Selatan Afrika Tengah Aljazair Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Chad Eritrea Eswatini Etiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guinea Khatulistiwa Jibuti Kamerun Kenya Komoro Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagaskar Malawi Mali Maroko Mauritania Mauritius Mesir Mozambik Namibia Niger Nigeria Pantai Gading Republik Demokratik Kongo Republik Kongo Rwanda Sao Tome dan Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia Somaliland ...

 

 

Asteroid Aten

Kelompok asteroid Aten (warna hijau). Matahari ada di tengah, dengan planet Merkurius (abu-abu), Venus (hitam), Bumi (biru), dan Mars (merah). Asteroid Aten adalah kelompok asteroid dekat Bumi yang dinamai dari asteroid Aten pertama yang ditemukan (2062 Aten, ditemukan pada 7 Januari 1976 oleh Eleanor F. Helin). Asteroid dalam kelompok ini memiliki sumbi semimayor yang lebih kecil dari satu SA (jarak dari Bumi ke Matahari). Karena orbit asteroid mungkin sangat eksentrik, orbit Aten tidak haru...

 

 

مقاطعة أونونداغا (نيويورك)

مقاطعة أونونداغا   الاسم الرسمي (بالإنجليزية: Onondaga County)‏    الإحداثيات 43°01′N 76°12′W / 43.01°N 76.2°W / 43.01; -76.2   [1] تاريخ التأسيس 1792  سبب التسمية الأونونداغا  [لغات أخرى]‏  تقسيم إداري  البلد الولايات المتحدة[2][3]  التقسيم الأعلى ن...

Penrhyn language

Northern Cook Islands Māori dialect PenrhynMangarongaro, Penrhynese, TongarevatongarevaNative toCook IslandsRegionPenrhyn Island, Northern Cook IslandsNative speakers200 (2011 census)[1]Language familyAustronesian Malayo-PolynesianOceanicPolynesianEastern PolynesianTahiticPenrhynLanguage codesISO 639-3pnhGlottologpenr1237ELPPenrhyn Penrhyn is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger The Penrhyn language is a Cook Islands Maori...

 

 

B

  此條目介紹的是拉丁字母中的第2个字母。关于其他用法，请见「B (消歧义)」。   提示：此条目页的主题不是希腊字母Β、西里尔字母В、Б、Ъ、Ь或德语字母ẞ、ß。 BB b(见下)用法書寫系統拉丁字母英文字母ISO基本拉丁字母（英语：ISO basic Latin alphabet）类型全音素文字相关所属語言拉丁语读音方法 [b][p][ɓ](适应变体)Unicode编码U+0042, U+0062字母顺位2数值 2歷史發...

 

 

Helmer Hanssen

Helmer HanssenLahir(1870-09-24)24 September 1870Bjørnskinn, Nordland, NorwegiaMeninggal2 Agustus 1956(1956-08-02) (umur 85)Tromsø, Troms, NorwegiaPekerjaanPemburu anjing laut, pilot es, penjelajah kutub, dan kapten Helmer Julius Hanssen (24 September 1870 – 2 Agustus 1956) adalah seorang pelaut, pilot, dan penjelajah kutub Norwegia. Dia berpartisipasi dalam tiga ekspedisi kutub yang dipimpin oleh Roald Amundsen dan merupakan salah satu dari lima penjelajah pertama yang...

Theobroma grandiflorum

Species of tree Cupuaçu Conservation status Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Rosids Order: Malvales Family: Malvaceae Genus: Theobroma Species: T. grandiflorum Binomial name Theobroma grandiflorum(Willd. ex Spreng.) K.Schum. Theobroma grandiflorum, commonly known as cupuaçu, also spelled cupuassu, cupuazú, cupu assu, or copoazu, is a tropical rainforest tree related to ca...

 

 

Josh Addo-Carr

For the Australian rules footballer, see Josh Carr. Australia international rugby league footballer Josh Addo-Carr “The Fox”Personal informationFull nameJoshua Addo-Carr[1][2]Born (1995-07-28) 28 July 1995 (age 28)Blacktown, New South Wales, AustraliaHeight181 cm (5 ft 11 in)Weight88 kg (13 st 12 lb)Playing informationPositionWing Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2016 Wests Tigers 9 6 0 0 24 2017–21 Melbourne Storm 118 96 1 0 386 2022�...

 

 

Port Klang

For the federal constituency formerly represented in the Dewan Rakyat, see Pelabuhan Kelang (federal constituency). Town in Selangor, MalaysiaPort Klang Pelabuhan KlangTownOther transcription(s) • Jawiڤلابوهن کلڠ • Chinese巴生港 • Tamilகிள்ளான் துறைமுகம்Port KlangCoordinates: 3°0′0″N 101°24′0″E / 3.00000°N 101.40000°E / 3.00000; 101.40000CountryMalaysiaStateSelangorDistr...

Caballete

Para otros usos de este término, véase Caballete (desambiguación).Dos ejemplos de caballete en 'H' Ejemplo de caballete en trípode con mecanismo de inclinación Un caballete es un mueble que constituye una ayuda vertical para exhibir o fijar algo que se apoya sobre él. En pintura se usa como soporte del lienzo o cuadro,[1]​ mientras el artista está creando su obra o en el momento de exhibición, cuando los cuadros no están montados en la pared. En las motocicletas el caballete f...

 

 

Monica Duran

American politician from Colorado Monica DuranMajority Leader of the Colorado House of RepresentativesIncumbentAssumed office January 9, 2023Preceded byDaneya EsgarMember of the Colorado House of Representativesfrom the 23rd districtIncumbentAssumed office January 9, 2023Preceded byRedistrictedMember of the Colorado House of Representativesfrom the 24th districtIn officeJanuary 4, 2019 – January 9, 2023Preceded byJessie DanielsonSucceeded byRedistric...

 

 

زهفيركا (لفيفسكا)

  زهفيركا   زهفيركا (لفيفسكا) زهفيركا (لفيفسكا) تقسيم إداري البلد أوكرانيا  إحداثيات 50°27′54″N 24°15′24″E / 50.465°N 24.256666666667°E / 50.465; 24.256666666667   السكان التعداد السكاني 3665 (2019)4882 (إحصاء السكان) (15 يناير 1959)3448 (إحصاء السكان) (15 يناير 1970)3263 (إحصاء السكان) (17 يناير 1979)352...

Steve Tuckwell

British politician This article is about the politician. For the sailor, see Stephen Tuckwell. The subject of this article is standing for re-election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom on 4 July, and has not been an incumbent MP since Parliament was dissolved on 30 May. Some parts of this article may be out of date during this period. Please feel free to improve this article (but note that updates without valid and reliable references will be removed) or discuss changes ...

 

 

22 décembre

Pour les articles homonymes, voir Vingt-Deux-Décembre. Éphémérides Décembre 1er 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31         22 novembre 22 janvier Chronologies thématiques Croisades Ferroviaires Sports Disney Anarchisme Catholicisme Abréviations / Voir aussi (° 1852) = né en 1852 († 1885) = mort en 1885 a.s. = calendrier julien n.s. = calendrier grégorien Calendrier Calendrier perpétuel Liste de calendriers Naissa...

 

 

Bell Centre

Indoor arena in Montreal Bell Center and Molson Centre redirect here. For the arena in Barrie, Ontario formerly known as the Barrie Molson Centre, see Sadlon Arena. For other uses, see Bell Center (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Place Bell in nearby Laval, Quebec. Bell CentreCentre Bell (French)Bell Centre in 2017Bell CentreLocation in MontrealShow map of MontrealBell CentreLocation in QuebecShow map of QuebecBell CentreLocation in CanadaShow map of CanadaFormer namesNew Montre...

Giorgio Di Centa

Giorgio Di CentaGiorgio Di Centa in gara a Oberhof durante il Tour de Ski 2010Nazionalità Italia Altezza178 cm Peso68 kg Sci di fondo Squadra Carabinieri Termine carriera2017 Palmarès Competizione Ori Argenti Bronzi Olimpiadi 2 1 0 Mondiali 0 1 3 Vedi maggiori dettagli  Modifica dati su Wikidata · Manuale Giorgio Di Centa (Tolmezzo, 7 ottobre 1972) è un ex fondista italiano, campione olimpico nella 50 km a Torino 2006 e portabandiera italiano durante la Cerimonia ...

 

 

Hồ Động Đình

Bài viết này cần thêm chú thích nguồn gốc để kiểm chứng thông tin. Mời bạn giúp hoàn thiện bài viết này bằng cách bổ sung chú thích tới các nguồn đáng tin cậy. Các nội dung không có nguồn có thể bị nghi ngờ và xóa bỏ. Hồ Động ĐìnhHồ Động ĐìnhĐịa lýKhu vựcHồ Bắc, Hồ NamTọa độ29°18′38″B 112°57′5″Đ / 29,31056°B 112,95139°Đ / 29.31056; 112.95139Kiểu hồHồ n�...

 

 

Jackson Pollock

Pour les articles homonymes, voir Pollock. Jackson PollockJackson Pollock en 1928.Naissance 28 janvier 1912Cody (Wyoming)Décès 11 août 1956 (à 44 ans)Springs (État de New York)Sépulture Green River Cemetery (en)Nom de naissance Paul Jackson PollockNationalité AméricainActivité Artiste peintreFormation Art Students League of New YorkManual Arts High School (en)Maître Thomas Hart BentonReprésenté par Artists Rights SocietyLieux de travail East Hampton, New YorkMouvement Expres...

Fronte (unità militare)

Unità militari Unità Numero di soldati Grado del comandante Gruppo di fuoco 2-5 Caporale SquadraCarroPezzo 10-151 carro1 pezzo Caporal maggiore,Sergente PlotonePlotone carriSezione 30-504 carri2 o più pezzi Maresciallo,Sottotenente,Tenente CompagniaSquadroneBatteria 100-25010-20 carrivariabile Tenente,Capitano BattaglioneGruppo 500-1.000 Maggiore,Tenente colonnello, Reggimento 1.500-3.000 Colonnello Brigata 4.000-6.000 Generale di brigata Divisione 10.00030.000 Generale di divisione Corpo...

 

 

Society for Military History

US-based international organization of scholars Society for Military HistoryEmblem of the Society for Military HistoryFormation1933; 91 years ago (1933)HeadquartersGeorge C. Marshall Library, Lexington, Virginia, USWebsitewww.smh-hq.org The Society for Military History is a United States–based international organization of scholars who research, write, and teach military history of all time periods and places. It includes naval history, air power history, and studies of te...