Wild longing
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| German title | Wild longing Wild Alice |
| Original title | Wildflower |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1991 |
| length | 120 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Diane Keaton |
| script | Sara Flanigan |
| production |
Carroll Newman , Judith A. Polone , Richard Freed , Ira E. Laufer |
| music |
Kenny Edwards , Jon Gilutin |
| camera | Janusz Kaminski |
| cut | Stephen E. Rivkin |
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Wilde Sehnsucht (Alternative title: Wilde Alice ) is a TV drama by Diane Keaton and a literary adaptationof the 1988novel Alice by the American author Sara Flanigan. The film enabled Reese Witherspoon, then fifteen, to playher first television role.
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The story takes place in the rural southern United States in the 1930s and tells how the teenagers Sammy and Ellie make friends with the girl Alice, who suffers from epilepsy. Her violent stepfather believes her seizures are the work of the devil, so she is held captive like cattle in a secluded shed behind the house. Alice seems mentally retarded, but it turns out that she is by no means retarded, just hard of hearing.
The teenagers secretly meet up with Alice, and Alice begins to blossom through contact with Ellie and Sammy. When the stepfather notices the secret friendship, it comes to a confrontation, but with the help of the two youngsters, the young Alice manages to gradually integrate into everyday society.
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The film ran on June 4, 1996 on ZDF . The film was released on DVD in the United Kingdom and the United States .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sara Flanigan: Alice , en: St. Martin's Press , 1988, ISBN 9780312017286
- ↑ a b c Wilde Sehnsucht in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ a b Wild longing. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 15, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Wilde Sehnsucht in the online film database