Antonia's Line

Antonia's Line
German poster
Directed byMarleen Gorris
Written byMarleen Gorris
Produced byGerard Cornelisse
Hans de Weers
Hans de Wolf
George Brugmans
Starring
CinematographyWilly Stassen
Edited byWiebe van der Vliet
Distributed byAsmik Ace Entertainment
Release dates
  • 12 September 1995 (1995-09-12) (TIFF)
  • 21 September 1995 (1995-09-21)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch
Budget£1.5 million[1]
Box office$4.2 million[2]

Antonia's Line (Original title: Antonia) is a 1995 Dutch feminist film written and directed by Marleen Gorris. The film, described as a "feminist fairy tale",[3][4][5] tells the story of the independent Antonia (Willeke van Ammelrooy) who, after returning to the anonymous Dutch village of her birth, establishes and nurtures a close-knit matriarchal community. The film covers a breadth of topics, with themes ranging from death and religion to sex, intimacy, lesbianism,[6] friendship and love.

Antonia's Line was made after challenges in finding locations and funding in the 1980s and 1990s. It enjoyed critical success and several awards, including winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards.

  1. ^ Bainbridge, C. (2008). A Feminine Cinematics: Luce Irigaray, Women and Film. Roehampton University. p. 199.
  2. ^ Balio, Tino (2010). The Foreign Film Renaissance on American Screens, 1946–1973. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 310.
  3. ^ Kerr, Sarah. "Antonia's Line". The New Yorker. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  4. ^ Hunter, Stephen (26 July 1996). "Fairy tale for feminists sparkles in 'Antonia's Line'". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Strangeways, Sam (18 March 2011). "Feminist fairy tale is a lovely, meandering film". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  6. ^ Redding, Judith M.; Brownworth, Victoria A. (1997). "Marleen Gorris: Uncompromisingly Feminist". Film Fatales: Independent Women Directors (1st ed.). Seattle, Washington: Seal Press. p. 177. ISBN 1-878067-97-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)