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9th(2007)



Loving Annabelle

Katharine Brooks

  • ¹Ì±¹
  • 2006
  • 77min
  • Beta
  • color
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SYNOPSIS

Loving Annabelle is a modern-day remake of the classic <Á¦º¹ÀÇ Ã³³à>, lovingly etched in the memories of old movie fans. The stylish and reckless Annabelle transfers to Castle Teresa boarding school pervaded by a dark, forbidding atmosphere. When Annabelle tirelessly pursues her poetry teacher, Simone – the teacher -- begins to experience the first stirrings of desire that she had, for a long time, suppressed living within a hetero-normative society. Even though it is clear that the director Katherine Brooks derives deep inspiration from Madchen in Uniform, transplanting its storyline to a contemporary Californian setting, she focuses the story more on the relationship between Simone and Annabelle. The oppressive atmosphere of Hitler\'s totalitarian education system may have disappeared but what remains is a Catholic society with its forbidden homosexual love. Loving Annabelle is a testament to the complex love between a student and her teacher, and the growing pains of a young girl. (KWON Eun-sun)

PROGRAM NOTE

Loving Annabelle is a modern-day remake of the classic <Á¦º¹ÀÇ Ã³³à>, lovingly etched in the memories of old movie fans. The stylish and reckless Annabelle transfers to Castle Teresa boarding school pervaded by a dark, forbidding atmosphere. When Annabelle tirelessly pursues her poetry teacher, Simone – the teacher -- begins to experience the first stirrings of desire that she had, for a long time, suppressed living within a hetero-normative society. Even though it is clear that the director Katherine Brooks derives deep inspiration from Madchen in Uniform, transplanting its storyline to a contemporary Californian setting, she focuses the story more on the relationship between Simone and Annabelle. The oppressive atmosphere of Hitler\'s totalitarian education system may have disappeared but what remains is a Catholic society with its forbidden homosexual love. Loving Annabelle is a testament to the complex love between a student and her teacher, and the growing pains of a young girl. (KWON Eun-sun)

Director

  • Katharine BrooksKatharine Brooks

    Katherine has an extensive list of film and television credits. She directed three seasons of the Emmy-Award winning show, The Osbournes; the highly acclaimed show Newlyweds starring Jessica Simpson; and MTV\'s ground-breaking The Real World. Katherine also directed and produced the controversial pilot for FOX, and she also helmed the new season of Fox\'s starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. Katherine¡¯s film work has garnered numerous awards including The Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Italian Film Festival and the Grand Jury prize at the Chicago Film Festival. She gained critical praise for her short films, Finding Kate and Dear Emily. In addition to her work as a producer and director, Katherine co-created and starred in the original series, The Complex, a story of five eccentric and single women who all live in the same apartment complex.

Credit

  • ProducerGreg Carroll, Jennifer Young
  • Cast Diane Gaidry, Erin Kelly, Ilene Graff
  • Screenwriter Katharine Brooks
  • Cinematography Cynthia Pusheck
  • Editor Lori Bell
  • Music Judith Martin, Marc Dold
  • Sound AURAH