Today’s Prayer Focus
Antonia's Line
also known as “Antonia's Welt”
not reviewed
Moviemaking Quality:
Primary Audience:
Adults
Genre:
Foreign Drama
Length:
1 hr. 45 min.
Year of Release:
1996
USA Release:
DVD: December 3, 2002
Starring: Willeke van Ammelrooy, Els Dottermans, Jan Decleir, Mil Seghers, Dora van der Groen, Veerle van Overloop, Esther Vriessendorp, Carolien Spoor | Directed by: Marleen Gorris | Produced by: Hans de Weers
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “A dying elderly woman recalls returning to her Dutch hometown after World War II. Oscar for best foreign film.”
Positive
…The film does not condemn the church, but instead condemns narrow-mindedness and corruption which undermine the true church, the spirit of people working and loving together with a sense of moral responsibility to one another. Antonia’s family does not exclude nor judge; it includes and offers nurturing and love. …“Antonia’s Line” strikes me as one of the most morally responsible films to come down the pike in a long, long time.
Patricia A. Suchy, age 39