| | | Lately, she's been contemplating love, exile, murder, and acting.
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An aging Czech film star, now a struggling actress in Manhattan, is shut out when a lovely peasant girl comes to America in search of the aging star and becomes a star herself.
"Dazzling..." Jami Bernard, New York Post
Editor's Note
An aging Czech film star, exiled from her native country and struggling to establish her career in Manhattan, meets a peasant girl who idolizes the film star. But when the peasant girl's beauty opens the doors that shut the star out, she is forced to confront the realities of her buried past. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actress--Sally Kirkland.
Plot Summary
Anna, an aging Czech movie star, comes to NYC seeking stateside stardom, only to find herself begging for meager roles. She takes in fellow Czech Krystyna, a young, beautiful peasant girl, and begins teaching her the ins and outs of the acting profession. But soon, Anna realizes she may have made a grave mistake. For the clever Krystyna not only becomes a screen star overnight, she steals her mentor's boyfriend, and adopts Anna's traumatic past as her own...
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Release Information
| | Studio: Lions Gate |
| Release Date: 3/16/2004 |
| Running Time: 101 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1987 | | Catalog ID: 13424 | | UPC: 00012236134244 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...A wry, intelligent, compassionate screenplay....[With] a brilliant performance in the title role by legit vet Sally Kirkland [and] an engaging screen debut by international fashion model Paulina Porizkova..." 04/08/1987Los Angeles Times
"...ANNA is the best kind of surprise -- a small, frequently funny, fine-boned film set in the worlds of the theater and movies which unexpectedly becomes a consummate study of love, alienation and loss..." 11/13/1987 p.C1 |
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