Shown: December 15, 2024 at 6pm
Director : Douglas Sirk
Country : USA
Release Date : 1955
Duration : 89 mins
Language : English
Subtitles : No
The blossoming romance between well-off widow (Jane Wyman) and her handsome, younger gardener (Rock Hudson) prompts the scorn of her children and country club friends. She must decide whether to pursue her own happiness or continue in a lonely, hemmed-in existence for the sake of the approval of others. With the help of master cinematographer Russell Metty, director Douglas Sirk imbues nearly every shot with a vivid and distinct emotional tenor. A profoundly felt film about class and conformity in small-town America, All That Heaven Allows is a pinnacle of expressionistic Hollywood melodrama.
“A masterpiece by one of the most inventive and recondite directors ever to work in Hollywood.” (Dave Kehr – Chicago Reader)