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Wildrose (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Wildrose' is a 1984 American independent drama film directed by John Hanson, produced by New Front Films, and distributed by Troma. It stars Lisa Eichhorn and Tom Bower supported by a cast of largely nonprofessional actors, and is predominantly set and filmed in Minnesota's Iron Range.
Plot
Recently divorced from her abusive alcoholic husband (Stephen Yoakam), June's (Lisa Eichhorn) job as a miner in Minnesota's Mesabi Range becomes more challenging because of harassment from her male colleagues and a lack of support from her mother. She considers her independence, her family, and her future with fellow miner Rick (Tom Bower) as she develops a romantic relationship with him.
Cast
Production
The film was shot on location in Minnesota's Mesabi Iron Range, including town scenes in Eveleth. Other scenes were filmed in Bayfield, Wisconsin.
It was made for under $1 million (equivalent to $ million in ).
Release and reception
The film was selected for the Museum of Modern Art's New Films/New Directors series, and was a finalist for the Critics Prize at the Venice Film Festival. It screened out of competition at the Berlin Film Festival and at the Boston Film Festival.
'Ms.' magazine called it "[as] visually rich as it is emotionally resonant." The 'Los Angeles Times' review wrote that the "small core of professional actors creates collides with the film's numerous self-conscious non-professionals, who inadvertently remind us that Eichhorn, Bower and others are, after all, 'acting' ... But the pluses outweigh the minuses." 'Variety' called Eichhorn's performance "moving, natural ... in a decidedly unglamorous role" and praised the camerawork as "extraordinary, vivid."
See also
* 'Ruby in Paradise'
* 'North Country'
References
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