Antonia (Antonia's Line) (1995)
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Critic Consensus: Magical and morbid, Antonia picturesque landscapes and proficient performances elevate a somewhat pedestrian parable.
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Cast
as Antonia
as Danielle
as Boer Bas
as Crooked Finger
as Mad Madonna
as Loony Lips
as Deedee
as Blacksmith
as Veerle Van Overloop
as Allegonde
as Thérèse
as Farmer Daan
as Lara
as Sarah
as Letta
as The Curate
as Farmer Bas's Other Child
as Olga
as Simon
as Farmer Bas's Other Child
as Thérèse
as Pitte
as Janne
as The Protestant
as The Village Priest
as Letta's Other Child
as Letta's Other Child
as Therese (age 13)
as Therese (age 6)
as Farmer Bas's Other Child
as Letta's Other Child
as Pier
as Muisje
as Ma Gé
as Arend
as Mother Theodora
as Blacksmith
as Farmer Bas's Other Child
as The Professor
as Letta's Other Child
as Tom
as Protestant
as Harry
as Letta's Other Child
as Simon (age 13)
as Simon (age 6)
as Letta's Other Child
as Letta's Other Child
as Narrator
as Muisje's Child
as Letta's Other Child
as Deedee's Child
as Farmer Bas's Other Child
as Muisje's Child
as Letta's Other Child
as Farmer Bas's Other Child
as Picture of Maria
as Letta's Other Child
as Letta's Other Child
as Farmer Bas's Other Child
as Letta's Other Child
as Letta's Other Child
as Letta's Other Child
as Muisje's Child
as Letta's Other Child
as Farmer Bas's Other Child
as Letta's Other Child
as Picture of Jesus
Critic Reviews for Antonia (Antonia's Line)
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Antonia is a work of rare lyricism. It glows with the light of a Flemish painting and the spirit of magic realism.
Antonia's Line is enjoyable because it is never preachy. It depicts, with a painterly eye, a pagan world that has not changed since Breughel.
The performances are modest and appealing. In the title role, Van Ammelrooy projects a remarkable combination of optimism, strength and resignation.
It glides so easily over a multitude of events and characters that we're never jarred; Antonia and Bas make a winning alternative-community grandma and grandpa.
I didn't much take to this humorless, Oscar-winning 1995 feminist fable.
Beautiful, tender, hearty and poetic.
Audience Reviews for Antonia (Antonia's Line)
Antonia's Line is a quirky and whimsical story of Antonia with themes on love, family, and community that also gently explores topics on feminism and independence. Emotionally engaging, pleasant, and precious masterpiece. Remarkable.
Super Reviewer
A woman recalls her entire adult life on her deathbed. This film is way too expository, relying almost solely on narration to tell the story. It's not really a film because it uses almost none of the elements inherent to film; rather, it's a short novel with pictures and actors. A perfect example of the film's flaws is the impact of the second rape scene. Out of the blue, we hear that a character has been raped, and then we see Antonia's response to it, taking a gun and kicking the rapist out of town. But this sequence, ripe with emotional resonance, has almost no impact on the audience because there wasn't an adequate set-up, so that we can feel suspense and fear for the victim, and there wasn't any visual, graphic or implied, that allowed us to see the result of the crime. The sequence becomes mere Cliff's Notes, and the same problem pervades the entire film. And the titular character is almost a minor role. I'm surprised that the film didn't center around her and the other interesting character, "Crooked Finger," more. Overall, Antonia's Line is like the connective tissue of a Victorian novel, over-narrated, maudlin, and unspecific.
Super Reviewer
One of the most wonderful generational pictures that I have been witness to. Not just a "womens' film"
Super Reviewer
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