Today’s Prayer Focus
Antonia's Line
also known as “Antonia's Welt”
MPA Rating:
for strong sexual content, and for some violence, including a rape scene.
for strong sexual content, and for some violence, including a rape scene.
| Moral Rating: | Extremely Offensive (Not Recommended) |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
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| Primary Audience: | Adults |
| Genre: | Foreign Comedy Drama |
| Length: | 1 hr. 42 min. |
| Year of Release: | 1996 |
| USA Release: |
February 2, 1996 DVD: December 3, 2002 |
| Featuring | Willeke van Ammelrooy, Els Dottermans, Jan Decleir, Mil Seghers, Dora van der Groen, Veerle van Overloop, Esther Vriessendorp, Carolien Spoor |
| Director |
Marleen Gorris |
| Producer |
Gerard Cornelisse Hans de Weers Hans de Wolf |
| Distributor | First Look International |
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “A Dutch matron establishes and, for several generations, oversees a close-knit, matriarchal community where feminism and liberalism thrive.
A dying elderly woman recalls returning to her Dutch hometown after World War II.”
This film received an 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