Women Love Women
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Women Love Women |
| Original title | If These Walls Could Talk 2 |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Jane Anderson (segment 1961), Martha Coolidge (segment 1972), Anne Heche (segment 2000) |
| script | Sylvia Sichel , Alex Sichel , Jane Anderson , Anne Heche |
| production | Mary Kane |
| music | Basil Poledouris |
| camera | Peter Deming (Segment 2000), Paul Elliott (Segment 1961), Robbie Greenberg (Segment 1972) |
| cut | Margaret Goodspeed |
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Women Love Women (original: If These Walls Could Talk 2 ) is an American television film from 2000. It tells the story of three female couples in different decades. In the main roles are u. a. See Vanessa Redgrave , Sharon Stone and Chloë Sevigny .
The film was produced by HBO television with Ellen DeGeneres as executive producer . It is the continuation of the film House of Silent Screams (original title: If These Walls Could Talk ), in which it was about the topic of abortion and Demi Moore and Cher were to be seen in the leading roles.
action
Segment 1961
1961: Edith and Abby have been living together as a secret couple for a long time. When Abby dies in a tragic accident, Edith has big problems. Nor can she reveal to the hospital staff that they were lovers and only the relatives are authorized to make decisions. Not only does Edith have to cope with the loss of her lover, she also loses the common house with almost all the memorabilia and the common possessions.
Segment 1972
1972: In the former house of Edith and Abby now lives a shared apartment of lesbian students. Linda and her friends are open to their homosexuality. At the university this leads to arguments, because they are no longer supposed to work in the feminist student group because their open homosexuality is not met with much approval.
Linda falls in love with the boyish Butch Amy and gets to feel the hostility of the other girls because they are of the opinion that as a lesbian you should n't emulate the traditional role models.
Segment 2000
2000: Fran and Kal are a lesbian couple in 2000. They now live in the familiar house. The two have decided to have a child. However, a suitable sperm donor is still missing. You try it first with the gay couple Arnold and Tom. However, opinions about parenting differ significantly, so Fran and Kal decide on a sperm bank . But again, there is a lot to consider and it takes a long time for them to decide on a donor. It takes several attempts before Fran is actually pregnant.
background
The connection between the individual episodes forms the house in which all the protagonists live. This house was also the linchpin in the first television film entitled If These Walls Could Talk (German: House of Stummen Schreie ). The episode 2000 was directed by Ellen DeGeneres' then partner Anne Heche .
Women Love Women was shown with great success at the Lesbian Gay Film Days Hamburg, among others .
synchronization
The German dubbing took place at Splendid Synchron in Cologne . Klaus Terhoeven wrote the dialogue book and directed the dialogue.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Edith Tree | Vanessa Redgrave | Karin Buchholz |
| Abby Hedley | Marian Seldes | |
| Ted Hedley | Paul Giamatti | Matthias Haase |
| Alice Hedley | Elizabeth Perkins | Frauke Poolman |
| Linda | Michelle Williams | Tanja Schmitz |
| Amy | Chloë Sevigny | Sandra Schwittau |
| Karen | Nia Long | Silke Haas |
| Jeanne | Natasha Lyonne | Silke Linderhaus |
| Diane | Heather McComb | Brit Gulland |
| Michelle | Amy Carlson | Susanne Dobrusskin |
| Fran | Sharon Stone | Martina Treger |
| Cal | Ellen DeGeneres | Claudia Lehmann |
criticism
“A well-intentioned, but not consistently well-made film, by women for women. After all, he brings a reunion with Vanessa Redgrave, who exudes fascination even in old age, and in the last episode the interesting pairing Sharon Stone (as mother-to-be) and Ellen DeGeneres, a television star ('Ellen'), who never gets one out of his lesbian inclination Has made a secret and used his fame to demonstrate lesbian love as a free decision and normality. "
Awards
- Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries / Film: Vanessa Redgrave
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Series, Miniseries, or Movie): Vanessa Redgrave
Web links
- Women Love Women - If These Walls Could Talk 2 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | Women Love Women. Retrieved March 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Women Love Women. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 8, 2017 .