# Ein amerikanischer Quilt (1995)

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**Original title**: *How to Make an American Quilt*
**Runtime**: 116 min
**Genres**: Drama, Romance
**Directed by**: Jocelyn Moorhouse
**Written by**: Jane Anderson
**Starring**: Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Nelligan, Jean Simmons, Maya Angelou

> *There's beauty in the patterns of life.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Finn trades a shaky engagement for a quilting retreat where grandma’s circle shares love stories. While she stitches her own anxieties into squares, the group’s patchwork of past romances steadily undermines her resolve. Exactly the distraction she needed, unless you count the emotional charge running through the sewing circle.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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