Synopsis
In a small Southern town in the autumn of 1941, Sophie’s lonely life is transformed when an Asian man arrives under mysterious circumstances. Their love affair becomes the lightning rod for long-buried conflicts that erupt in bigotry and violence with the outbreak of World War ll.
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Cast
- Julianne NicholsonSophie Willis
- Takashi YamaguchiGrover Ohta
- Margo MartindaleAnne Morrison
- Diane LaddRuth Jeffers
- Lorraine ToussaintSalome Whitmore
- Karen Wheeling ReynoldsIsabel
- Mickey DodgeSamille
- Don Henderson BakerDr. Gilbert
- Joel MurraySheriff Cooper
- David Dickson ReynoldsReverend Jeffers
Recommendations
- 75
Observer
The actors are superb. The nuanced writing and direction have insight. The three-dimensional portrayals of women in the rural South during the war are praiseworthy. - 70
Village Voice
Greenwald and cinematographer Wolfgang Held linger on the idyllic beauty of the salt marsh and trees draped with Spanish moss, using the vivid cerulean of native blue crabs to link her characters. - 60
Los Angeles Times
There’s a clumsy, soapy tepidness to the procession of plot points, but within individual scenes, the actors pierce the genteel surface. - 50
Movie Nation
It’s a timid, tired but a tender-hearted wartime romance that should have more edge than its subject promises. - 50
The New York Times
The gently nostalgic mood and sleepy pacing effectively erase the movie’s necessary edge.