The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)
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Country: UK, USA
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Release: 1991-06-01
Director: Simon Callow
Writers: Edward Albee , Michael Hirst , Carson McCullers
Language: English
Stars: Vanessa Redgrave , Keith Carradine , Cork Hubbert , Rod Steiger (1925–2002)
Runtime: 101 min
Awards: 1 nomination
AKA: The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (United Kingdom) , The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (United States of America) , Ballada o Sad Cafe (Poland) , Баллада о печальном кафе , A Balada das Paixões (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , The Ballad of the Sad Café (Australia) , La balada del Sad Café (Spain) , The Ballad of the Sad Cafe , Paixão Selvagem (Brazil) , 슬픈 카페의 노래 (Korea) , 悲しき酒場のバラード (Japan) , Die Ballade vom traurigen Cafe (Germany) , La ballata del caffè triste (Italy) , The Ballad of the Sad Café
Plot: A tangled triangle. In the rural South of the early 20th century, Miss Amelia is the town eccentric, selling corn liquor and dispensing medicine. She takes in her half-sister's son, a diminutive crook-back named Lymon. He suggests they open a café in the downstairs of her large house. Marvin Macy gets out of prison and returns to town; turns out he was married to Amelia but it wasn't consummated. He pleaded, then got angry. Is he back for revenge? Eventually, Amelia and Marvin stage a no-holds-barred fight in the café. Lymon's complicated response to Marvin and to Cousin Amelia figures in the resolution.
IMDB:tt0101404