Antonia's Line (film)

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Antonia's Line
German poster
Directed by	Marleen Gorris
Produced by	Gerard Cornelisse Hans De Weers Hans de Wolf
Written by	Marleen Gorris
Starring	Willeke van Ammelrooy Els Dottermans Victor Löw
Distributed by	Asmik Ace Entertainment
Release date(s)	September 12, 1995 (premiere at TIFF) September 21, 1995 February 2, 1996 September 20, 1996
Running time	102 min.
Language	Dutch
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Antonia (released as Antonia's Line in the English-speaking world) is a 1995 film by Dutch director, writer, and feminist Marleen Gorris. The film, described by its director as a "feminist fairy tale," tells the story of the matronal Antonia (Willeke van Ammelrooy) who, after returning to the anonymous Dutch village of her birth, establishes and nurtures a close-knit matriarchal community. Spanning nearly forty years starting just after World War II, it follows Antonia as she takes over the family farm, befriends a recluse, takes in the village simpleton, and provides a home for a retarded young woman who has been raped by a brother. The film covers a breadth of liberal topics, with themes ranging from death and religion to sex, intimacy, and love. It won the 1996 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice award, and the Nederlands Film Festival Golden Calf award. Filmed in Belgium.

US DVD Antonia's Line ISBN 1-59241-059-6 UPC 87797-71119
102 minutes, Dutch with yellow English subtitles
Rated R - some nudity, sex, and violence
The cover features a female posed like The Birth of Venus (Botticelli). The US version of the cover is bowdlerized, compared to some of the franker international versions.[1]