Passion Fish

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Awards

Academy Awards 1993 - Nominated - Best Actress

Academy Awards 1993 - Nominated - Best Original Screenplay

Flanders International Film Festival 1993 - Won - Grand Prix

Golden Globe Awards 1993 - Nominated - Best Actress in a Drama

Academy Awards 1993 - Nominated - Best Actress

Academy Awards 1993 - Nominated - Best Original Screenplay

Flanders International Film Festival 1993 - Won - Grand Prix

Golden Globe Awards 1993 - Nominated - Best Actress in a Drama

Golden Globe Awards 1993 - Nominated - Best Supporting Actress

Independent Spirit Awards 1993 - Nominated - Best Supporting Male

Independent Spirit Awards 1993 - Won - Best Supporting Female

WGA Awards 1993 - Nominated - Best Original Screenplay

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Passion Fish

Director:
John Sayles
R, 135 Minutes
 

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Film Synopsis

May-Alice Culhane was a successful soap opera star, but a car accident has left her bound to a wheelchair. She returns to her now-empty family home in the bayous of Louisiana, which she had eagerly left years before. She drinks heavily and vents her bitterness on the succession of nurses hired to take care of her, who immediately quit because of her unbearable temperament. Chantelle is the latest of these nurses; May-Alice learns that Chantelle is the last nurse she'll get. Chantelle, for reasons of her own, also badly needs the job to work out. The story focuses on the developing relationship between the two women.

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"This beautifully directed and acted story is one of the few movies that gets it right about the wonderful and deep friendships that can develop between even the most different women. "

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Details

Runtime:
135 min.

Genre:
Drama

Country:
UNITED STATES

Language:
English/American

Color:
Color

Certification:
R

 

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