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Summary: Antonia's Line is magnificent!!!
Review: I absolutely loved this movie. It has all the essential elements of a great movie and appeals to everyone. The cinematography is beautiful and the character development is superb. This movie displays a positive attitude towards death and dying- life goes on and a person forever lives in the memories of those they leave behind. The feminist overtones in this movie are progressive without being in your face, so it will appeal to all(both men and women)- I hate using this term, but its not a chick flick. Antonia's Line has a healthy(very non-American) attitude towards sex and relations between genders. The comedy and drama in this movie are outstanding-not cheesy and outlandish as in many Hollywood films, but neither are they too subtle, out of place, or non-existent as in many other foreign films. Buy this movie- you will not be disappointed!
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Summary: Splendid
Review: I am kind of iffy about foreign films that are subtitled because you have to pay an extra sensitive amount of attention to the movie. But this film I couldn't revert my eyes away from the screen for one second. Watching the movie in it's undubbed natural language enhanced it.This movie is about four generations of families and their lives. It is very very well made. It has humor, drama, and action all in one movie. Everything flows together nicely. And the storyline is perfect. You grow to love Antonia's family. This is probably the best foreign movie I have seen.
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Summary: My very favorite movie
Review: I am lucky enought to live in a city that has an excellent independent cinema and was able to see this on the big screen when it was first released. It was immediately, and remains my very favorite movie. It is so beautiful. It made me so grateful to be a woman and a daughter in a long line of brave, independent women. I don't rent a lot of movies and never buy them (I prefer to go to the cinema) but I own this on video and I want a DVD player just so I can buy this DVD.
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Summary: One of the truly special film events.
Review: I remember seeing this movie in the theatre, first run, knowing nothing about what was to come. I remember thinking as I left, how it was movies like this that made the movies so special. How a story could be so simply, and beautifully told. There is nothing usual in the world of Antonia. A single mother, she leaves the city with her young daughter to return to the small hamlet that was once her home. It is the time of her mother's death, and Antonia will take over the operation of the now-decrepit farm. She is ill equipped to run a farm at face, yet her force of will and purity of spirit make no task impossible. She is a strong woman, a good woman. She does what has to be done, and uses or finds the necessary tools amongst the chaos at hand. I believe the English title Antonia's Line (rather than Antonia) refers to the line of people she gathers through her life. This extended family grows from the most unlikely sources. They feast together outdoors weekly at one long table, and as the movie progresses, the size of the table grows and grows to accommodate each and every new member in Antonia's Line. Antonia is a tale of tales, some mysterious and wonderful, some very basic and also wonderful. And throughout the line grows as Antonia's extended family encompasses more and more endearing souls. I was hardly surprised when Antonia won a well-deserved Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Every time I see this film I find I do not tire of it, and every time I see it I come away feeling better.
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Summary: Absolutely fabulous! Larger than life!
Review: I saw this movie on the big screen and went back to see it the next night. A rare thing for me. An extremely appealing movie that focuses on a single mother after the war, who takes on the "lost" of a village. Kind and big hearted, Antonia is a jewel. So is this movie !
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Summary: This is just an amazing chronology of a person's life
Review: If you are interested in a person's life - their successes, laughter and ups and downs... this is the movie for you. It is not really a tear jerker but a spiritual up lifter... END
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Summary: This movie made me physically ill.
Review: Please do not buy this movie. It is the most disgusting and perverted film I have ever seen. I will not write a summary because I will vommit if I have to think about it any more.
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Summary: All of the above!
Review: Read all of the POSITIVE feedback in the other reviews and then watch this film - and you will see not one of these reviews are over-the-top. Being Dutch maybe this film meant more to me than to people from other country's, but I'm sure everyone with some humanity, some minimal level of emotion, will find themselves somewhere in this film. A gem. If you are looking for other Dutch films to watch, may I suggest The Northeners (de Noorderlingen) and Soldier of Orange (Soldaat van Oranje). Don't expect a different version of Antonia's Line -these are very different films. But in the same league, I feel.
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Summary: Brilliant Flemish-Netherlands Post-Neo Modernistic Humanism.
Review: The film, Antonia's Line, is an excellent lineal voyage through postmodernistic Netherlands life, as filmed in Flanders. The film's stark realism, reminds us how life truly is, without the distorting blindfold of Hollywood. A work of true magnitude!
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Summary: NOW YOU WILL UNDERSTAND
Review: The story of an unconventional woman and her unconventional daughter and how their lives progress once they return to live in the woman's hometown. It pretty much illustrates why many people find the Dutch to be the most civilized people on earth. An excellent and moving film. I love it.
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