Rambling Rose

1991 · 112 min · EN · R · 6.2 (83 votes)

Dir. Martha Coolidge · Starring Laura Dern, Robert Duvall, Diane Ladd, Lukas Haas, John Heard, Kevin Conway · Music Elmer Bernstein

“Innocence has never been so seductive.”

Drama

In the Deep South of the 1930s, Rose is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve as housemaid so that she can avoid falling into a life of prostitution. Her appearence and personality is such that all men fall for her, and she knows it. She can't help herself from getting into trouble with men.

VIBE

A sun-drenched, humid Georgia summer permeates this coming-of-age story. It feels like a hazy memory, full of unspoken desires and the quiet ache of burgeoning womanhood. The atmosphere is thick with unspoken tension and a languid, sensual energy.

wistfulsensualmelancholicvulnerableslow-burnperiod dramacharacter studyarthousefeminist cinemadesirefreedomidentitycoming-of-age

seductiongeorgiahost familygreat depressioncoming of ageyoung womantroubled teenpromiscuous womandepression erafirst lovesexual awakeningtold in flashbackforced prostitutionwoman directorfemale sexualityhouse guestsearching for love1930s