Our world was a beautiful lie
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German title | Our world was a beautiful lie |
Original title | Imaginary Crimes |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1994 |
length | 105 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 6 |
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Director | Anthony Drazan |
script |
Kristine Johnson , Davia Nelson |
production | James G. Robinson |
music | Stephen Endelman |
camera | John J. Campbell |
cut | Elizabeth Kling |
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Our world was a beautiful lie (Original title: Imaginary Crimes ) is an American film from 1994 . Directed by Anthony Drazan . The film is based on an autobiographical story by Sheila Ballantyne .
action
Indiana in the 1950s: Ray Weiler is a widower and father of two daughters, twelve-year-old Greta and seventeen-year-old Sonya. The ambitious, but professionally unsuccessful Ray turns into a petty criminal and neglects his family. His eldest daughter Sonya is at an expensive private school, to which she was sent at the request of her late mother. With the support of her English teacher, Mr. Webster, she begins to write stories. She is increasingly emancipating herself from her father and becomes a surrogate mother for her younger sister.
criticism
“Without attempting excessive outbursts of emotion, the film describes (partly in flashbacks) the difficult emancipation of a child from the father. He is carried by a cautious narrative rhythm, a fine sense for the psychology of the characters and by great actors up to the supporting roles. "
Roger Ebert gave the film three and a half stars out of four.
Web links
- Our world was a beautiful lie in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Our world was a beautiful lie. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 1, 2017 .
- ^ Roger Ebert : Imaginary Crimes. In: RogerEbert.com. October 28, 1994, accessed September 19, 2018 .