All That Heaven Allows
All That Heaven Allows
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One of the best films from one of American cinema's finest directors. A scathing attack on the American Dream, in which a widow (Jane Wyman) faces the wrath of her friends and family when she becomes romantically involved with a younger man (Rock Hudson). Succumbing to the pressures of society, she stops seeing the man and settles back into her lonely life, trying to find the courage to rebel against her conformist surroundings and find love with him again. "A stylized, beautifully photographed commentary on the emotional numbness of suburban life" (The Motion Picture Guide). Later remade by Fassbinder as Ali: Fear Eats the Soul. Douglas Sirk---USA---1955---89 mins.

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Ravishing color as one would expect from Sirk. Unique social class commentary on the United States in the 1950s as seen through European sensibility. Dreadful script. The arrival of the television is a noteworthy feature.

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