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Frances (1982)
Runtime: 2 hrs 20 mins
Synopsis: FRANCES tells the life story of independent, strong-willed actress Frances Farmer, whose beauty, talent, and intelligence lead to a successful stage and film career in the 1930s and 1940s. Tragically, her mental health soon began to deteriorate due to substance abuse, poor psychiatric... FRANCES tells the life story of independent, strong-willed actress Frances Farmer, whose beauty, talent, and intelligence lead to a successful stage and film career in the 1930s and 1940s. Tragically, her mental health soon began to deteriorate due to substance abuse, poor psychiatric care, a controlling stage mother, and her own radical and unyielding beliefs. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard, Bart Burns
Screenwriter: Eric Bergren, Christopher DeVore, Nicholas Kazan
Composer: John Barry
Producer: Jonathan Sanger
Reviews
Lange is wonderful, and provides a searing, tremendous reason to see a film that would otherwise collapse under even a moment of analytical pressure.
Jessica Lange's outstanding performance offers an intriguing portrait of Frances Farmer, an actress who marched to the beat of her own drummer and paid the price.
Despite the cardboard characters she's surrounded by, Jessica Lange single-handedly makes this depressing film worth watching.


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