The Dollmaker (1984)

Directed by

Daniel Petrie

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 22m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Kentucky woman moves her family to Detroit during World War II. She struggles to adapt to city life and factory work while holding onto her craft of carving wooden dolls.

emotionalharrowingslow-pacedearnestgrittysombercharacter-drivenrestrained

What happens

The Dollmaker is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film starring Jane Fonda and based on the 1954 novel written by Harriette Arnow. It was originally broadcast on ABC on May 13, 1984. Fonda was awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. Director Daniel Petrie won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials. Filming took place on location at an abandoned steel mill in Chicago, Illinois for scenes set in Detroit and in the Cades Cove area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee for scenes set in Appalachia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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