Rent The Whales of August (1987)
3.6 of 5 from 63 ratings
1h 27min
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- Synopsis:
- Libby (Bette Davis) and Sarah (Lillian Gish) arc widowed siblings who have vacationed since children at the seaside cottage in Maine. Now in their eighties and with their husbands and what children they had behind them, they have only each other; Libby blind and resistantly dependent on her sister; Sarah still looking for new ways to see the world. Their relationship with their old friend Tisha (Ann Sothern) and the arrival of a charming Russian gentleman will bring storms to the already turbulent ocean between them - an ocean which nevertheless runs deep.
- Actors:
- Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern, Harry Carey Jr., Frank Grimes, Margaret Ladd, Tisha Sterling, Mary Steenburgen, Frank Pitkin, Mike Bush
- Directors:
- Lindsay Anderson
- Producers:
- Mike Kaplan, Carolyn Pfeiffer
- Writers:
- David Berry
- Studio:
- Acorn Media
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Films About Sisters, A Brief History of Old Age on Screen: Part 1, Cinema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 1
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