Mermaids (film)
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{{Infobox_Film |
name = Mermaids |
image = Mermaidsposter.jpg|
image_size = |
caption = Theatrical release poster|
director = [[Richard Benjamin]] |
writer = [[Patty Dann]] (book)<br />[[June Roberts]] (screenplay) |
starring = [[Cher]]<br>[[Bob Hoskins]]<br>[[Winona Ryder]] |
producer = [[Lauren Lloyd]]<br>[[Wallis Nicita]]<br>[[Patrick J. Palmer]]<br>[[Suzanne Rothbaum]] |
music = [[Jack Nitzsche]] |
cinemetography = [[Howard Atherton]] |
editing = [[Jacqueline Cambas]] |
distributor = [[Orion Pictures]] |
released = [[December 14]], [[1990]] |
runtime = 110 min. |
country = [[United States]] |
language = [[English language|English]] |
budget = [[United States dollar|$]]24,000,000 (estimated) |
imdb_id = 0100140 |
}}
'''''Mermaids''''' is a 1990 drama film directed by [[Richard Benjamin]] and starring [[Cher]], [[Bob Hoskins]], [[Winona Ryder]] (who was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award]] for best supporting actress for her role), and [[Christina Ricci]] in her first film role. The film is based on the 1986 novel of the same title written by [[Patty Dann]].
== Synopsis ==
It is narrated by 15-year-old [[protagonist]] Charlotte who lives with her mother, Mrs. Flax, and her 8-year-old sister Kate. Mrs. Flax is a [[promiscuous]] and flamboyant woman who is constantly getting herself into situations from which she flees by uprooting the family and relocating. Charlotte and Kate have different fathers; Charlotte's left when she was just a girl, while Kate's, an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[swimmer]], fled before she was born.
The story is told in the first person as the Flaxes move into a new home near a [[convent]] in a small town in [[Massachusetts]] . Charlotte has an obsession with [[Catholicism]] and decides to be a [[nun]] (her family is [[Jewish]]). This is mostly a byproduct of her desperate desire to be different from her mother, and contradictory to her own sexuality. She is especially interested in the much older and ruggedly handsome Joe, a handyman and [[school bus]] driver.
The story, set in the 1960s, culminates in Charlotte's ultimate act of rebellion as she and her sister get [[drunk]] and head over to the convent. Charlotte makes love to Joe in a church tower and Kate nearly [[drown]]s in a river running through the property.
==Cast==
*[[Cher]] as Rachel Flax
*[[Bob Hoskins]] as Lou Landsky
*[[Winona Ryder]] as Charlotte Flax
*[[Michael Schoeffling]] as Joe Porretti
*[[Christina Ricci]] as Kate Flax
*[[Caroline McWilliams]] as Carrie
== See also ==
*[[Mermaids (soundtrack)]]
==External links==
*{{imdb title | id=0100140 | title=Mermaids}}
*[http://www.mgm.com/title_title.do?title_star=MERMAIDS ''Mermaids'' at MGM site]
[[Category:1990 films]]
[[Category:Films based on fiction books]]
[[Category:Orion Pictures films]]
[[Category:Films set in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Films set in the 1960s]]
[[Category:American films]]
[[Category:English-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Richard Benjamin]]
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