If you loved The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, try Call Jane
Eine Brücke zwischen einem Film, den du schon gesehen hast, und einem, den kaum jemand kennt. Das teilen sie, und was der zweite macht, was der erste nicht macht.
Was sie teilen
Theyboth carry the tender mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Call Jane is
Thelma and Louise, without the car. When a Chicago housewife faces a life-threatening pregnancy in 1968, she finds herself stonewalled by an all-male medical establishment. An underground collective of women offer her a solution. It's a solid if familiar depiction of proto-feminist activism.

