Released Date:
1991-06-01
Languages:
English
Countries:
UK, USA
Runtime:
101 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (524 Reviews)
Director:
Simon CallowEdward Albee (play)
Michael Hirst
Carson McCullers (novel)
A tangled triangle. In the rural South of the early 20th century, Miss Amelia is the town eccentric, selling corn liquor and dispensing medicine. She takes in her half-sister's son, a diminutive crook-back named Lymon. He suggests they open a cafè in the downstairs of her large house. Marvin Macy gets out of prison and returns to town; turns out he was married to Amelia but it wasn't consummated. He pleaded, then got angry. Is he back for revenge? Eventually, Amelia and Marvin stage a no-holds-barred fight in the cafè. Lymon's complicated response to Marvin and to Cousin Amelia figures in the resolution.
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