Cinquest Film Festival: Loving Annabelle

Fri, Mar 10
7:15
$9.00 general, $5.00 for students

World Premiere of Film

A new student at a strict all-girls Catholic high school, Annabelle
quickly draws attention from her peers and teachers for numerous
improprieties: a nose ring, Buddhist prayer beads, cigarettes and a
penchant for bringing up sex in poetry class, where teacher Simone
Bradley doesn't know how to control her.

Simone, however, quickly learns that the real challenge is not
Annabelle's behavior but the attraction budding between them. As
Annabelle unleashes the passion that Simone has learned to restrain,
Simone must decide whether or not to enter an affair that could cost
her everything for which she has worked. Based on the 1931 German
film, Maedchen in Uniform, director Katharine Brooks' Loving
Annabelle gives a modern retelling of a love story that continues to
be controversial in 2006.

With beautiful cinematography by Cynthia Pusheck, Loving Annabelle
offers excellent performances from its female leads, Diane Gaidry and
Erin Kelly, as well as a featured performance by Academy Award
nominee/Golden Globe recipient Kevin McCarthy. Brooks' film deftly
explores the complexity of love and the struggle of two women who
have every reason not to feel the way do. Loving Annabelle takes a
poignant and honest look at a relationship that's as taboo as it is
pure-hearted, at a love that dares to push all boundaries.

Venue:

Camera 12
201 South Second Street
San Jose

http://www.cinequest.org/2006/venues/venues_theaters_festival.html

Additional Info:

(408) 995-5033
http://www.cinequest.org/2006/programguide/event_view.php?eid=141