Before Women Had Wings (1997)

Directed by

Lloyd Kramer

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1960s Florida, a woman violently abuses her two daughters after her husband's suicide. The youngest daughter finds comfort and help from a kind woman who becomes her friend.

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What happens

Before Women Had Wings is a 1997 American drama television film directed by Lloyd Kramer and written by Connie May Fowler, based on her 1996 semi-autobiographical novel. It stars Ellen Barkin, Oprah Winfrey, Tina Majorino, Julia Stiles, Burt Young, and John Savage. In the film, set in 1960s Tampa, Florida, a woman whose abusive husband had committed suicide begins violently abusing her two daughters. It is only then that a kindly woman becomes good friends with her youngest daughter and helps the daughter escape her tortured life. The film was shot in Ojai, California. It was produced by Winfrey's Harpo Films for ABC as the first entry of the "Oprah Winfrey Presents" series, and is the only film in the series in which Winfrey stars. It premiered on ABC on November 2, 1997. Barkin won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Satellite Award for her performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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