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Antonia's Line
Directed by
Marleen Gorris
R
1995
1h 42m
Drama
,
Comedy
7.4
69%
91%
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In an anonymous Dutch village, a sturdy, strong-willed matriarch looks back upon her life, the generations of family and friends gathered around her table, and ponders the cyclical nature of time.
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Cast of Antonia's Line
Willeke van Ammelrooy
Antonia
Els Dottermans
Danielle
Dora van der Groen
Allegonde
Veerle van Overloop
Thérèse
Carolien Spoor
Thérèse (6)
Esther Vriesendorp
Thérèse (13)
Thyrza Ravesteijn
Sarah
Mil Seghers
Krummer Finger
Jan Decleir
Sebastian
Elsie de Brauw
Lara
Reinout Bussemaker
Simon
Marina de Graaf
Deedee
Wimie Wilhelm
Lippen Willem
Fran Waller Zeper
Olga
Marleen Gorris
Director / Writer
Gerard Cornelisse
Producer
Hans de Wolf
Producer
Hans de Weers
Producer
Antonia's Line Ratings & Reviews
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Antonia is a work of rare lyricism. It glows with the light of a Flemish painting and the spirit of magic realism.
New York Daily News
Howard Kissel
Antonia's Line is enjoyable because it is never preachy. It depicts, with a painterly eye, a pagan world that has not changed since Breughel.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Rod Dreher
The movie is so pastorally lovely to look at, its characters so likable and its lulling rhythms so soothing that it's easy to forget that it's a lot of pleasant, plotless hooey.
Orlando Sentinel
Jay Boyar
The performances are modest and appealing. In the title role, Van Ammelrooy projects a remarkable combination of optimism, strength and resignation.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
It glides so easily over a multitude of events and characters that we're never jarred; Antonia and Bas make a winning alternative-community grandma and grandpa.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
I didn't much take to this humorless, Oscar-winning 1995 feminist fable.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Beautiful, tender, hearty and poetic.
Seattle Times
Jeff Shannon
Antonia's Line is a Dutch treat that unfolds like a generous novel, surrounding you with its indelible sense of time, place and character.
Variety
Variety Staff
In the title role, Van Ammelrooy provides a strong center to the rambling story, both feminine and authoritative.
Arizona Republic
Bob Fenster
Antonia's Line is a masterpiece. I say that even though I found the first 10 minutes ho-hum. By the time the movie was half over, I was hoping it would never end.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Slow-moving, goofy and goodhearted.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Even if [Gorris] is too optimistic, I am glad her movie made me feel hopeful and cheerful.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
A feminist fable for all time.
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann
Antonia is obviously our point person here, but she's such a sour pickle that you never get to ease into her story.
Film.com
Lyall Bush
It's an ambitious project, this telling of a whole life as well as its consequences, and Gorris manages to pull it off.
New York Times
Janet Maslin
With the tone of a fable and the lulling bucolic look of a pastoral fantasy, it tells of one strong woman and her talented descendants, all blessed with self-sufficiency and remarkably little need for men in their lives.
Film.com
John Teegarden
This is the rare film that does actually succeed in suggesting the experience of a lifetime.
Houston Chronicle
Jeff Millar
Odd feminist fun.
Film.com
Tom Keogh
Pleasant, if too-precious.
Entertainment Weekly
Ken Tucker
Antonia's Line lopes along, sometimes with sloppy sentimentality. But van Ammelrooy gives a big, openhearted performance; she deserves to be a movie star.
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