Martha, Ruth & Edie (1988)

1h 32m
Running Time

August 25, 1988
Release Date

Martha, Ruth & Edie (1988)

1h 32m
Running Time

August 25, 1988
Release Date

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CBC

Plot.

Two women attending a women's seminar on personal development walk out in acute embarrassment during the introduction. They meet up with a woman who arrived too late to be admitted. Thrown together by chance, they discuss their emotional lives in intimate detail.

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Cast & Crew.

Ric Sarabia

Ric Sarabia

Hispanic Prisoner

Charles Kerr

Charles Kerr

Minister

Jane Heeley

Jane Heeley

Seminar Attendant

Lisa Lelliott

Lisa Lelliott

Seminar Attendant

Marjanka McComb

Marjanka McComb

Woman Beside Edie

Liliane Clune

Liliane Clune

Announcer

Irene Pauzer

Irene Pauzer

Woman on Stage

Adrian Pellett

Adrian Pellett

Fruit Vendor

Details.

Release Date
August 25, 1988

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 32m

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This Movie Is About.

woman director
feminist
based on short story

Wiki.

Martha, Ruth and Edie is a Canadian drama film released in 1988. An anthology film directed by Deepa Mehta, Norma Bailey and Danièle J. Suissa, it centers on the titular Martha (Jennifer Dale), Ruth (Andrea Martin) and Edie (Lois Maxwell), who meet after being locked out of the auditorium at a personal development seminar, and instead share personal stories from their own lives among themselves. Each of their stories is a dramatization of a short story by a Canadian writer, and is directed by one of the three credited directors.

"How I Met My Husband", directed by Bailey from the short story by Alice Munro, depicts how Edie's brief teenage romantic fling with a visiting pilot, followed by her persistent but unfulfilled hope that he will write her letters after he leaves, ultimately leads to her meeting and marrying the mailman. (Edie is played by Margaret Langrick in the flashback.) "California Aunts", directed by Mehta from the story by Cynthia Flood, depicts the transformation of Ruth's life as a smalltown librarian after her mother dies and her aunts come to stay with her. "Guilt", directed by Suissa from the story by Betty Lambert, depicts Martha taking a new job teaching English in a prison after her husband leaves her for another woman.

The film's supporting cast includes Helen Hughes, Tom Jackson, Frank Moore, Chuck Shamata, Tom Butler and Kate Trotter. Hughes received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 10th Genie Awards in 1989.

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