Chantilly Lace
- IMDb link: 0106543
- IMDb rating: 6.1 (334 votes) Search
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Linda Yellen
- Cast: Martha Plimpton, Ally Sheedy, Lindsay Crouse, Jill Eikenberry and others
- Release date: 18 Jul 1993
- Release year: 1993
- Runtime: 102 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: friend, female friendship, sister, girlfriend, get together, colorado rockies, ensemble cast, nun, coming out, engagement
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Several female friends gather at a Colorado Rockies vacation home over the course of a year. The women include Natalie (JoBeth Williams), a film critic who is turning 40, as well as Hannah (Helen Slater), an artist who is married to Natalie's ex-husband. There is also Val (Jill Eikenberry), a woman in an unhappy marriage, and Val's closeted lesbian younger sister Elizabeth (Ally Sheedy), who brings along her photojournalist friend Anne (Martha Plimpton). Rounding out the group are Maggie (Ally Sheedy), a nun who is having a crisis of faith, and Rheza (Lindsay Crouse), a recent divorcee. During the story, the group meets three times, with the first occasion being a celebration of Natalie's 40th birthday. The second occasion is to celebrate one's engagement, while the third gathering is to grieve one's death. Throughout the gatherings, secrets are divulged, tensions are rehashed, and friendships are tested and reaffirmed.
Emmy winner Linda Yellen brought together an all-star ensemble cast for "Chantilly Lace," which received worldwide acclaim for its intimate exploration of the secret lives of women. Seven women friends - including a nun in crisis, an angry divorcee, and an unfiltered, sexually-charged artist--gather in the Colorado Rockies at the upscale vacation home of Val (Eikenberry), to celebrate the surprise 40th birthday of popular film critic Natalie (Williams). When Val's offbeat younger sister (Sheedy) arrives with a newcomer, a maverick photojournalist played by Emmy winner Martha Plimpton, tensions rise as secrets of love, loss, and betrayal are revealed. Years of friendship are tested in a pivotal year as the women re-assemble for the engagement of another, and once more to mourn the shocking death of a third. What began as an experiment at Sundance Film Institute explores the landscape of contemporary women's issues with humor and honesty "unlike any American film."
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