Movie
Antonia's Line
Comedy-drama film with a runtime of 105 minutes, released in 1995. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
A strong-willed Dutch woman recalls her life in this uplifting picture that won the 1996 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Antonia (Willeke van Ammelrooy) is an elderly woman who wakes up one morning and realizes that this is the last day of her life. She begins to tell her story in flashback, beginning with her arrival home to the family farm after World War II with her daughter, Danielle (Els Dottermans). For the next fifty years, a variety of colorful characters come and go on the farm. Danielle becomes a painter, and decides she wants a child but no husband, so Antonia arranges the proper donation. Danielle giving birth to Therese (Veerle van Overloop), who laters has her own child, Sarah (Thyrza Ravesteijn), also without virtue of a husband. Antonia and her descendants come to symbolize the freedom of independent females, with little need for men in their lives.
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Cast
- Willeke van Ammelrooy
- Els Dottermans
- Jan Decleir
- Mil Seghers
- Catherine ten Bruggencate
- Jan Steen
- Marina De Graaf
- Therese
- Dora van der Groen
- Veerle van Overloop
- Jakob Beks
- Elsie de Brauw
- Thyrza Ravesteijn
- Wimie Wilhelm
- Flip Filz
- Fran Waller Zeper
- Reinout Bussemaker
- Margo Dames
- Filip Peeters
- Michael Pas
- Paul Kooij
- Leo Hogenboom
- Esther Vriesendorp
- Jenne Decleir
- Carolien Spoor
- Dirk Zeelenberg
- Ellen Dikker
- Truus te Selle
- Erik de Bruyn
- Petra Laseur
- Michel van Dousselaere
- Hans Man in't Veld
- Johan Heldenbergh
- Victor Löw
- Igor Corbeau
- Carlo Van Dam
- Wim Louwrier
- Michiel Reichwein
- Steven van Couwelaar
- Olivier de Laveleye
- Jany Temime
- Hans Kemna
- Hans Kesting
- Judy Counihan
- Harry Ammerlaan
- Marleen Gorris
- Dirk Bombey
- Jan Sewell
- Job Gosschalk
- Willy Stassen
- Lineke Rijxman
- Antonino Lombardo
