The Member of the Wedding (1952)

Directed by

Fred Zinnemann

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a lonely young girl in a small Southern town as she dreams of joining her brother's wedding party. Her bond with the family's cook shapes her world. It is a close look at a child's longing for belonging.

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What happens

The Member of the Wedding is a 1952 American drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Ethel Waters, Julie Harris and Brandon de Wilde. The story, based on Carson McCullers' 1946 novel of the same name, is set in a small town in the Southern United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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