11th May 2000

The Whales of August

Director: Lindsay Anderson

USA, 1987

Run Time: 90 minutes, Certificate: ,
Genre: Drama, Language: English

Synopsis:

Two elderly sisters - the patient Gish and blind, irascible Davis - spar with one another, failing to grow old gracefully, despite the charming attentions paid by Price, a courtly Russian. A lifetime of movie memories is in each of their faces.

Average score 6.96

Film notes

20th Season's Programme