Amy & Isabelle Page #2

Synopsis: In 1971, in the small town of Shirley Falls, in Maine, the odd and lonely secretary Isabelle Goodrow raises her teenager daughter Amy alone. She has only two friends in her job among her gossiper colleagues. When her overprotected daughter is seduced by her mathematic teacher Peter Robertson, the world of Isabelle falls apart. She becomes lost and loses her confidence on Amy, spoiling their relationship. Their bond gets tied again when Isabelle discloses her inner secrets from the past to Amy.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Lloyd Kramer
Production: Harpo Productions
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.5
UNRATED
Year:
2001
100 min
78 Views


Where do you see yourself

in 10 years.

Yeah?

I'd like to pitch for the Red Socks.

Fantastic.

How's your curve ball?

Because if we could slow down

a picture of your motion...

I'm using something

Euclid taught us here.

Tracking the ball

as it crosses the plate...

you would know exactly

how high your hand should be...

when you release the ball.

Isn't that amazing?

Who's next?

Me?

What do you wanna be?

- A teacher.

- Really?

I would've thought of...

an actress or...

a poet perhaps.

- What's your name?

- Amy.

Amy what?

- Amy Goodrow.

- Do you really wanna be a teacher?

Or is being a teacher just something

your mother thinks is nice?

Did I ever tell

I saw my parents naked once?

- No. Gross.

- That was gross.

You look and you picture

your mother doing it.

"My mother"?

Do people think it's weird that you

spend your lunchtime with me?

- You know, like Karen and Kelly?

- Do you know something about them?

They're twits, they're morons.

And you're not. You're the only

I know who's not a stupid moron twit.

They formed a search party

for Debbie Kay Dorne.

And my mother said the kidnapper

might be in the search party.

- Isn't that weird?

- I wish somebody would kidnap me.

I'll be right back.

Hey, Paul.

What are you doing here?

I just gotta shift...

Day in, day out, our lives moved

forward the way lives did.

- Amy?

- Hi.

- How was your day?

- Okay.

I'm taking a shower,

then I'll start dinner.

I have a meeting at church tonight.

So we have to be a little quicker.

Looking back, it's a wonder

Amy and I survived at all.

Her mother thought her skirt was too

pink, too short. She did not approve.

Can we discuss our flowers

for next-month altar decoration?

I must say I thought

Isabelle's idea for last month...

using the holly leaves and berries,

was a very interesting one...

I'm not sure though. Anne?

You're thinking we might

go back to cut flowers.

I think that 's a good idea.

- A bit more traditional maybe.

- A bit more traditional, yes.

- Hi.

- Amy Goodrow.

Only God could love you for yourself

alone and not your yellow hair.

A woman is a lovely thing to be. You

should learn to take a compliment.

Thank you.

Yes, that's very kind.

Thank you. That's very

kind what you just said.

Amy.

- Who are you talking to?

- No one.

Three more weeks,

Dottie can have sex.

She wishes it was 3 more months,

but Wally is jumping at the bed.

Tell him to take

care of it himself.

You get dry after

a hysterectomy, you know.

- I didn't.

- You didn't have your ovaries out.

They yanked the whole

business with Dot.

Honey, I was just curious.

What was it,

made you decide to cut your hair?

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Elizabeth Strout

Elizabeth Strout (born January 6, 1956) is an American novelist and author. She is widely known for her works in literary fiction and her descriptive characterization. Born and raised in Portland, Maine, her experiences in her youth served as inspiration for her novels–the fictional "Shirley Falls, Maine" is the setting of four of her six novels.Strout's first novel, Amy and Isabelle (1998) met with widespread critical acclaim, became a national bestseller, and was adapted into a movie starring Elisabeth Shue. Her second novel, Abide with Me (2006), received critical acclaim but ultimately failed to be recognized to the extent of her debut novel. Two years later, Strout wrote and published Olive Kitteridge (2008), to critical and commercial success grossing nearly $25 million with over one million copies sold as of May 2017. The novel won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The book was adapted into a multi Emmy Award-winning mini series and became a New York Times bestseller. Five years later, she published The Burgess Boys (2013), which became a national bestseller. My Name Is Lucy Barton (2016) was met with international acclaim and topped the New York Times bestseller list. Lucy Barton later became the main character in Strout's 2017 novel, Anything is Possible. more…

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