Hannah Free
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Hannah Free |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 86 minutes |
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| Director | Wendy Jo Carlton |
| script | Claudia Allen |
| production | Claudia Allen, Tracy Baim , Wendy Jo Carlton , Martie Marro , Sharon Zurek |
| music | Martie Marro |
| camera | Gretchen Warthen |
| cut | Sharon Zurek |
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Hannah Free is a love story from 2009 based on the play of the same name by Claudia Allen about the lifelong relationship between the adventurous Hannah and the rather calm Rachel. The title role was played by Sharon Gless and directed by Wendy Jo Carlton .
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Hannah and Rachel grew up together in a small town in the United States . Their love for one another ran into major obstacles in their personal environment. Hannah turned into an adventurous and travel-loving lesbian , while Rachel settled for a quiet life as a housewife and mother. In leaps and bounds, the film tells of her eventful life and love.
The elderly Hannah now lives on a wheelchair in a tiny room in the old people's home. She used to travel all over the world, but now she depends on outside help. In addition, her long-time friend and lover Rachel is in a coma in a neighboring room , from which she will never wake up. As if that wasn't bad enough, Rachel's daughter Marge also forbids her to visit her mother. It almost breaks Hannah's heart that she is not allowed to say goodbye to her lifelong mate.
She remembers many beautiful and less beautiful experiences with Rachel, whose 30-year-old ghost often appears to her. Hannah writes a diary, frustrated by her existence as a “prisoner of the old people's home”. With the help of young Greta, who visits Hannah in the nursing home and makes friends with her, Hannah can visit Rachel at night when Marge is not sitting by her bed. It turns out that Greta is Rachel's great-granddaughter, whom Hannah only knew as a child. Also lesbian, Greta stands up for Hannah and Rachel and finally gets her grandmother Marge to say goodbye to Rachel together with her and Hannah.
Awards (selection)
- 2009: "Philadelphia QFest" - Gay Icon ... for Sharon Gless
- 2009: “Madrid International Film Festival” and “Film Out San Diego Audience Award” - Best Actress… for Sharon Gless
literature
- Claudia Allen: Hannah Free. Bella Books, 2010, ISBN 978-1-594-93172-7 .
Web links
- Official website at hannahfree.com
- Hannah Free in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Hannah Free in the online film database
- Hannah Free at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hannah Free on filminfos.de, accessed on August 21, 2013.
- ↑ Hannah Free on moviesection.de, accessed on August 21, 2013.
- ↑ Hannah Free ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at lsf-hamburg.de, accessed on August 21, 2013.
- ↑ Sharon Gless ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at qaf-germany.de, accessed on August 21, 2013.
