The lady
Description
When Miriam, the wife of a wealthy businessman, discovers her husband has been having an affair and wants to divorce her, she is devastated. However, when she meets a middle-aged couple who have fallen on hard times, she takes them in as guests in her large but lonely house. So begins her 'adoption' of the city's outcasts, who include an elderly man recently released from hospital and a woman with a sick infant. However, although her house guests provide valuable companionship and satisfy her desire to give of her material wealth, Miriam soon discovers that some of her companions are not as honest as she might think. Loosely based on Luis Bunuel's scathing classic Viridiana. Awards/Festivals: Don Quixote Award - Special Mention, Berlin International Film Festival 1999; Karlovy Vary Film Festival 1999; Mar del Plata Film Festival 1999. Singapore International Film Festival 1999.
Runtime
108 min
Creator
Mihrjū'ī, Dāriyūsh. drt
Series
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
1999, 1991
Database
Alexander Street
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