Sweet Violets (2012)
Жанр : документальный
Время выполнения : 40М
Директор : Tobe Carey
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In the Gilded Age and beyond, high fashion decreed that violets were the flower of choice for Valentine's Day, Easter, and a fragrant corsage. At its height, in the years before World War I, Rhinebeck, New York, growers shipped millions of sweet violets (viola odorata) to New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago and beyond.
Сюжет данной картины закручен вокруг тринадцатилетней девушки по имени Кайла. Она учится в восьмом классе. Девушка переживает переходный период в своей жизни. Этот возраст предстоит перейти каждому из нас, когда из детства стоит сделать скачок во взрослую жизнь. Так и Кайла должна пережит еще одну кошмарную неделю и перейти во взрослую жизнь, в старшую школу. Но, на этом ее испытания не заканчиваются. Ее ждут новые препятствия и непреодолимые преграды, который именуются одним общим понятием - взрослая жизнь. Это одновременно интересно и непредсказуемо. Впрочем, героиня картины все это познает на собственной шкуре.
Жизнь матери-одиночки переворачивается с ног на голову после того, как ее младший брат внезапно возвращается погостить…
Коннектикут, 1844 год. Дочь простого фермера Миранда Уэллс получает приглашение от дальнего родственника Николаса Ван Райна поселиться в его особняке Драговик и быть гувернанткой для его дочери Катрин. Ожидая многого от Драговика, Миранда вскоре замечает за его хозяином некоторые странности. Николас Ван Райн практически не видится со своей дочерью; фермеры на его земле бунтуют против него; слуги перешептываются о проклятиях и привидениях в Драговике. И что же его хозяин на самом деле делает в башенной комнате?
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In the Gilded Age and beyond, high fashion decreed that violets were the flower of choice for Valentine's Day, Easter, and a fragrant corsage. At its height, in the years before World War I, Rhinebeck, New York, growers shipped millions of sweet violets (viola odorata) to New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago and beyond.