Stars:
Diane Gaidry, Erin Kelly, Ilene Graff, Kevin McCarthy, Michelle Horn, Marla Maples
Directed
by: Katherine Brooks
US release date: January 2007 (DVD)
UK
release date: TBA Plot:
Rising heart-throb Erin Kelly stars as Annabelle, a precocious Senator’s
daughter who falls in love with her teacher Simone (gorgeous Diane Gaidry) at
a stodgy Catholic girls boarding school. Inspired by the classic lesbian drama
Maedchen in Uniform, out writer-director Katherine Brooks unveils this passionate
tale of forbidden love with intelligence, wit and sensitivity. Simone
Bradley is Saint Theresa’s prized young poetry teacher who finds peace and
security within the boarding school walls. Surrounded by a lush atmosphere with
little conflict, Simone has settled into a life of comfort and purpose educating
her young female students. Annabelle
is a charismatic and enchanting new student who quickly draws attention for her
rebellious behavior. Fearing Annabelle will influence the other students, rigid
Headmistress (Ilene Graff), instructs Simone to keep an eye on Annabelle and get
her under control. Simone,
however, quickly learns that the real challenge is not Annabelle’s behavior
but the attraction budding between the two. As Annabelle pursues her teacher,
she unleashes the passion that has been locked deep inside Simone, who must decide
whether or not to enter an affair that could cost her everything. Inspired
by the 1931 German classic, MAEDCHEN IN UNIFORM, director Katharine Brooks’s
LOVING ANNABELLE gives a modern telling of this “forbidden love” story
that continues to be controversial to this day. With
stunning cinematography by Cynthia Pusheck, LOVING ANNABELLE offers excellent
performances from its female leads, Diane Gaidry and Erin Kelly, as well as a
featured performance by Academy Award nominee/Golden Globe recipient Kevin McCarthy. LOVING
ANNABELLE explores the complexity and controversy of love and struggle between
two women who have every reason to deny their feelings. Blind to the world around
them, the two journey into a love affair destined to change their lives forever.
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