CRIMES OF THE HEART
Synopsis
Three sisters with very different personalities and lives reunite when the youngest of them, Babe, shoots her abusive husband. The oldest, Lenny, takes care of their grandfather, while Meg tries to make it in Hollywood. Their reunion causes much joy, but also surfaces many tensions.
Synopsis
Three sisters with very different personalities and lives reunite when the youngest of them, Babe, shoots her abusive husband. The oldest, Lenny, takes care of their grandfather, while Meg tries to make it in Hollywood. Their reunion causes much joy, but also surfaces many tensions.
Our take
Adapted by Beth Henley from her Pulitzer-winning play, Bruce Beresford’s slice of Southern Gothic certainly boasts some all-star credentials. Sissy Spacek and Tess Harper scored Oscar® nominations alongside Henley, in a Mississippi-set melodrama ripe with familial recriminations… and murder!