Lianna

Lianna

Infobox Film
name = Lianna


image_size =
caption = DVD cover
director = John Sayles
producer = Jeffrey Nelson Maggie Renzi
writer = John Sayles
narrator =
starring = Linda Griffiths
Jane Hallaren
Jon DeVries
music = Mason Daring
cinematography = Austin De Besche
editing = John Sayles
distributor = United Artists Classics
released = January 18 1983
runtime = 110 minutes
country = United States
language = English
budget = $300,000
estimated.
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:29134
imdb_id = 0085838

"Lianna" (1983) is a drama film written and directed by John Sayles. The movie features Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, Jon DeVries, among others. [imdb title|id=0085838| title=Lianna.]

Plot

Lianna, played by Linda Griffiths, is the wife of a college professor teaching film and media at a University in a small to midsized town in New Jersey, and the mother of two children. In an attempt to give her husband more freedom - at his request - and cure her boredom in being a housewife, she takes a child psychology class with her friend Sandy.

Becoming more involved in the class and interacting with the female professor, she realizes she has a crush on the instructor, Ruth. Ruth invites Lianna over to her home for dinner and they talk into the night, Lianna explaining that she was a graduate student at one time who married the professor. They eventually sleep together and begin an affair, complicated by Lianna's husband's affair with one of his students. Lianna expresses interest in leaving her husband for Ruth, but Ruth backs away, warning Lianna that living with another woman would jeopardize her career as a child psychologist - and she has a partner in another city.

Lianna leaves her husband after a particularly ugly fight to live alone for the first time in years. Lianna visits a lesbian bar and attempts to connect with other lesbians through a string of affairs to explore her new identity. The film explores her loneliness, her changing relationships with her children, and her new relationship with Sandy, who shocked at Lianna's revelations at first, begins to slowly accept it and support Lianna.

Cast

* Linda Griffiths as Lianna
* Jane Hallaren as Ruth
* Jon DeVries as Dick
* Jo Henderson as Sandy
* Jessica MacDonald as Theda
* Jesse Solomon as Spencer
* John Sayles as Jerry
* Stephen Mendillo as Bob
* Betsy Julia Robinson as Cindy
* Nancy Mette as Kim
* Maggie Renzi as Sheila
* Madelyn Coleman as Mrs. Hennessy
* Robyn Reeves as Job Applicant
* Chris Elliott as Lighting Assistant
* Marta Renzi as Dancer

Critical reception

The staff at "Variety (magazine)" magazine gave the film a positive review and wrote, "John Sayles again uses a keen intelligence and finely tuned ear to tackle the nature of friendship and loving in Lianna...Paced by Griffiths' excellent pivotal performance, the film is marked by fine acting overall, particularly Hallaren as the catalytic lover scared off by the intensity of Griffiths' feelings; DeVries as the acerbic, insecure academic mate; Jo Henderson as the retroactively frightened best girlfriend; and Jesse Solomon as the wise-beyond-years pubescent son. Sayles himself appears to good effect as a supportive friend." [ [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117792568.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0 "Variety"] . Film review, 1983. Last accessed: January 25 2008.]

Film critic Glenn Erickson wrote, "The acting is exemplary. Canadian Linda Griffiths has worked mostly in television since this film, and the excellent Jane Hallaren's upward progress waned after a couple of promising parts. One has to make the unpleasant association that playing lesbians in Lianna earned them respect but more likely than not put invisible limits on their commercial careers." [ [http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s963lianna.html Erickson, Glenn] . "DVD Savant," film review, November 18, 2003. Last accessed: January 25, 2008.]

Criticf Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat wrote, "The screenplay by John Sayles is both congenial and wise...Many such scenes are handled with just the right touch. Viewers are sure to find much to savor in these moral and emotional confrontations Lianna muses upon love, friendship, and camaraderie in a fresh but unspectacular way. It is an appealing movie worth experiencing." [ [http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/films.php?id=8842 Brussat, Frederic and Mary Ann] . "Spirituality & Practice," film review, 1970 – 2007. Last accessed: February 28 2008.]

References

External links

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* [http://www.johnsaylesretro.com/body-lianna-synopsis.html "Lianna"] at John Sayles web site


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