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Miss Rose White (1992)

Miss Rose White poster
Directed by
Joseph Sargent
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman who survived the Holocaust reunites with her sister in New York City after the war. The story shows how they deal with the emotional distance between them and their very different lives.

poignantemotionalintimatesadtenderatmosphericslow-burn

What happens

Miss Rose White is a television film adaptation by Anna Sandor of the 1985 Barbara Lebow play A Shayna Maidel, starring Kyra Sedgwick. It first aired on April 26, 1992. The production received five Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Television Movie and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Movie (Amanda Plummer), as well as the Humanitas Prize in the 90-minute category. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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