the whales of august

Director: lindsay anderson

Actor: bette davis,lillian gish,vincent price,ann sothern

Data Published: Wed Aug 19 1987

Genres: Drama

Key Words: whale,maine,red wine,emerald,female protagonist

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094315/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Whales_of_August

Description: The Whales of August is a movie starring Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, and Vincent Price. Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.

Plot: The Whales of August tells the story of two elderly widowed sisters near the end of their lives, spending a summer in a seaside house in Maine. The surroundings cause them to recall their relationship as young women, and the summers they had enjoyed there in the past. They reflect on the passage of time, and the bitterness, jealousies and misunderstandings that slowly festered over the years and kept them from establishing a true closeness in their relationship. Libby, played by Davis, is the more infirm of the two sisters, and her nature has become bitter and cold as a result. Sarah, played by Gish, is a softer and more tolerant character, intent on nursing her sister through her discomfort and trying to breach the gulf that has grown between them. The resentment that Libby so clearly displays to her stifles Sarah's every attempt at making a friendly overture towards her, and Sarah cautiously retreats from her. Maranov (Price) is an expatriate from Russia who has recently lost the friend that he has been living with. Tisha (Sothern) is a vivacious lifelong friend who provides common sense, fun and laughter, and is the catalyst for some of the sisters' conversations and revelations. In prologue, actresses Margaret Ladd, Mary Steenburgen and Tisha Sterling (Sothern's real-life daughter) play respectively Libby, Sarah, and Tisha as young women.