A Map of the World

A Map of the World

1999 · 125 min · EN · R · 6.1 (51 votes)
Dir. Scott Elliott · Starring Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore, David Strathairn, Arliss Howard, Chloë Sevigny, Sara Rue · Music Pat Metheny

A woman's life falls apart after she's blamed for an accident on her property.

Drama

School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property involving a friend's child, the town turns against her and Alice finds herself fighting charges of child abuse.

VIBE

This film feels like a quiet storm, building dread and sorrow as a good person faces unfair judgment. It's a deeply affecting, somber drama about the fragility of reputation and the harshness of small-town life.

melancholicsomberintrospectiveheartbreakingslow-burncharacter-driven dramarealisticnaturalisticcommunity ostracizationinjusticefamily strugglesloss of innocence
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