Antonia (Antonia's Line) (1995)
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64% of critics liked it
(25 reviews) -
88% of users liked it
(6,089 ratings)
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… More 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. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi
- Directed By
- Marleen Gorris
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Sep 12, 1995 Wide
- On DVD
- Oct 12, 1999
- Studio
- BMG
Critic Reviews
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Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle
Odd feminist fun.
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Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
Here is female empowerment as you've never seen it on screen before, with the narrative daring to make no compromises at all.
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
Written and directed with quirky charm by Marleen Gorris.
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Tom Keogh, Film.com
Pleasant, if too-precious.
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John Teegarden, Film.com
This is the rare film that does actually succeed in suggesting the experience of a lifetime.
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Cast
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Willeke van Ammelrooy
as Antonia
- Els Dottermans
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Jan Decleir
as Farmer Bas
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Marina De Graaf
as Deedee
- Mil Seghers
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Jan Steen
as Loony Lips
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Reinout Bussemaker
as Simon
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Hans Kesting
as Blacksmith
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Michaël Pas
as Janne
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Lineke Rijxman
as Narrator
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Catherine ten Bruggencate
as Malle Madonna
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Hans Man in't Veld
as Professor
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Victor Löw
as Harry
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Margo Dames
as Thérèse, Thérèse, Thrse
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Dora van der Groen
as Allegonde
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Filip Peeters
as Pitte
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Truus Te Selle
as Ma Gé, Ma Gé, Ma G
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Erik de Bruyn
as Arend
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Petra Laseur
as Mother Theodora
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Paul R. Kooij
as Protestant
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Jakob Beks
as Farmer Daan
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Pieter Callens
as Farmer Bas's Other Child
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Igor Corbeau
as Simon 13 Years
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Daniel Dailly
as Farmer Bas's Other Child
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Elsie de Brauw
as Lara
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Sarah De Ceuleer
as Letta's Other Child
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Christophe De Laere
as Letta's Other Child
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Jenne Decleir
as Farmer Bas's Other Child
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Ilse Dense
as Letta's Other Child
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Ellen Dikker
as Muisje
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Flip Filz
as Chaplain
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Johan Heldenbergh
as Tom
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Leo Hogenboom
as Priest
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Christophe Horemans
as Farmer Bas's Other Child
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Jeroen Huysmans
as Letta's Other Child
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Barbara Maes
as Letta's Other Child
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Tamara Maes
as Letta's Other Child
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Gabriella Martinson
as Letta's Other Child
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Cederic Missine
as Muisje's Child
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Kristel Olejniejoh
as Letta's Other Child
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Charlène Pottevin
as Deedee's Child
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Eddy Praet
as Farmer Bas's Other Child
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Stijn Rabaey
as Muisje's Child
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Thyrza Ravesteijn
as Sarah
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Gilles Robertino
as Letta's Other Child
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Antoon Schotsaert
as Farmer Bas's Other Child
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Manon Sodderland
as Picture of Maria
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Carolien Spoor
as Thérèse 6 Years, Thérèse 6 Years, Thr...
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Jesse Tomballe
as Letta's Other Child
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Menno Tomballe
as Letta's Other Child
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Carlo Van Dam
as Simon 6 Years
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Adriaan Van Den Hoof
as Farmer Bas's Other Child
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Michel van Dousselaere
as Blacksmith
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Gilles Van Durme
as Letta's Other Child
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Daisy Van Laer
as Letta's Other Child
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Dorien Van Laer
as Letta's Other Child
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Veerle van Overloop
as Thérèse, Thérèse, Thrse
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Tine Vanhoucke
as Muisje's Child
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Aurelie Verstraeten
as Letta's Other Child
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Jascha Vervoort
as Farmer Bas's Other Child
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Esther Vriesendorp
as Thérèse 13 Years, Thérèse 13 Years, Th...
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Wimie Wilhelm
as Letta
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Nicky Wolfs
as Letta's Other Child
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Dirk Zeelenberg
as Pier
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Fran Waller Zeper
as Olga
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Gosewijn Zwanikken
as Picture of Jesus
