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Lianna

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Lianna
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R,1hr 50min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1983
Director:
John Sayles
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, David de Vries  ...more
Synopsis: After helping to kick-start the independent film movement in America with The Return of the Secaucus Seven, John Sayles wrote, directed, and edited his second feature, about a woman who finds herself staring life over after coming out of the closet as a lesbian. Lianna (Linda Griffiths) is a woman in her early thirties who's married to Dick (Jon DeVries), who teaches film at a college in Boston. Lianna first met Dick when she was a student in his class, and while she's grown more assertive and independent ... Full Synopsis
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Keith Phipps, AMG Review
As anyone who's read or seen The Celluloid Closet knows, gay themes and gay characters have a history as old as filmmaking itself. John Sayles' Lianna isn't the first to document the coming-out experience, but it's one of the first to take it as its sole subject. Perhaps just as important is the inclusion of an element that's now taken for granted in gay-themed films: joy. While Sayles doesn't shy ... Full Review
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