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TitleAntonia's Line (1995)
Alternative/Original Title
DisabilityLearning difficulty
CountryBel-NL-UK
Length105
GenreDrama
Rating4
DirectorMarleen Gorris
CastWilleke van Ammelrooy Els Dottermans Jan Decleir Mil Seghers Marina de Graaf Jan Steen
NotesAt the end of WWII a Dutch woman returns to her village and builds up an extended family. She has a relationship with a farmer who has 5 sons but won't marry him. Two of the extended family, one called Loony Lips, the other DeeDee, both with learning difficulties become a couple. There's a good review of this film at The Women's Studies Database: http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies/FilmReviews/antonias-line-mcalister

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