1 Movie Directed by Simon Callow

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-06-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (524 Reviews)

Director:

Simon Callow

Cast:

Writer:

Edward Albee (play)

Michael Hirst

Carson McCullers (novel)

Fullplot:

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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