Violet (1981)
- Directed by
- Shelley Levinson
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 10 min
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young woman with a facial scar travels to a Pentecostal church hoping for a miracle. Along the way she meets two men who respond to her in unexpected ways.
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What happens
Violet is a 1981 American short film directed by Shelley Levinson and starring Didi Conn. It won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film in 1982. The film is based on the Doris Betts short story, "The Ugliest Pilgrim," first published in the collection Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories in 1973 (Harper & Row Publishers). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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