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VHS : December BrideIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Donal McCann, Saskia Reeves, Ciarán Hinds, Patrick Malahide, Brenda Bruce directed by: Thaddeus O'Sullivan  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303587639 Format: Color, NTSC ISBN: 6303587631 Label: Fox Lorber Manufacturer: Fox Lorber Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Fox Lorber Release Date: October 13, 1997 Running Time: 88 minutes Studio: Fox Lorber Theatrical Release Date: 1994 Sales Rank: 22779 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com: In the early 1900s, Sarah (Saskia Reeves) and her mother go to work on a farm in rural Ireland as servants. The father of the family dies in an accident, but Sarah stays on with the two brothers. Her relationship with them becomes more complex and involved, to the chagrin of her mother and everyone else in the community. Eventually Sarah renounces the church and bears a child by one of the two men, but refuses to name the father. The three become pariahs in the town, as one brother is savagely beaten at an Orange Society gathering. December Bride goes a long way in dealing with what one character calls "the three curses of Ireland: England, religion, and drink." Its slow pace, florid dialogue, and dreary narrative are offset by the thought-provoking nature of the story. Director Thaddeus O'Sullivan uses the Emerald Isle's gorgeous settings to full advantage in his shot compositions, with the landscape almost seeming like a separate character at times. Those who can live with the film's admittedly poky tempo will be rewarded with an absorbing tale of a hard life in 1909 Ireland. --Jerry Renshaw Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A thoughtful gem of a film, an amazing female characterThe film is thoughtful and provocative. Set in rural Northern Ireland a century ago, Sarah is strong, fiercely independent young woman whose will cannot be bent by society, convention, the community in which she lives, the church or the men around her. She is an unexpected heroine - starting out inauspiciously quiet and seemingly timid, then eventually blossoming. The film is quiet and thoughtful, slowly letting the characters develop and reveal themselves. The scenery is beautiful, ... Read More Rating:  - Costume drama coloured by the Northern Ireland Troubles.'December Bride', the story of a servant girl who takes her two masters as lovers in a bleakly Presbyterian rural Ulster community, has been called one of the rare art films in the Irish cinema. It certainly has a compositional care and beauty almost entirely absent from this country. I don't just mean the filming of nature - anyone can stick a camera in front of striking landscape and call it beautiful; director O'Sullivan's achievement is his interplay between this landscape, with its different ... Read More Rating: - Beautiful, carefully madeThis beautifully shot and paced film tells of Sarah (Saskia Reeves)who goes to work at a young age for the landowning Ecklund family in the pre-six counties Ulster of almost a century ago. After Ecklund senior sacrifices his life to save hers and his two sons during a storm, she develops an independence shocking to an intolerant age and place: forsaking Presbyterian church services, helping the sons manage their property while sleeping with both and refusing to marry either at the request of the local ... Read More Rating: - A unique and exquisite portrayal of emotionsThis film goes to places in the heart i've never seen in the cinema before. Sarah, a fiercely independent woman in rural Ireland, loves two brothers. Rather than bowing to religious pressure to marry one or the other, she chooses them both and rejects the church. Together, they form a family bond stronger than their conservative community can break. The pacing and cinematography remind me of Ingmar Bergman at his best - in other words, incredibly slow and dreary to Americans who can't imagine ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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