The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
A tangled triangle. In the rural South of the early 20th century, Miss Amelia is the town eccentric, selling corn liquor and dispensing medicine. She takes in her half-sister's son, a diminutive crook-back named Lymon. He suggests they open a cafè in the downstairs of her large house. Marvin Macy gets out of prison and returns to town; turns out he was married to Amelia but it wasn't consummated. He pleaded, then got angry. Is he back for revenge? Eventually, Amelia and Marvin stage a no-holds-barred fight in the cafè. Lymon's complicated response to Marvin and to Cousin Amelia figures in the resolution.
PG-13
HD
Comedy, Drama, Mystery
1991
101 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
- Duration : 101 min
- Languages : English
- Writers : Edward Albee (play), Michael Hirst, Carson McCullers (novel)
- Directors : Simon Callow min
- Imdb : 6.4 (524 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.6 (148 votes)
- Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Keith Carradine, Cork Hubbert, Rod Steiger
Movie Storyline
A tangled triangle. In the rural South of the early 20th century, Miss Amelia is the town eccentric, selling corn liquor and dispensing medicine. She takes in her half-sister's son, a diminutive crook-back named Lymon. He suggests they open a cafè in the downstairs of her large house. Marvin Macy gets out of prison and returns to town; turns out he was married to Amelia but it wasn't consummated. He pleaded, then got angry. Is he back for revenge? Eventually, Amelia and Marvin stage a no-holds-barred fight in the cafè. Lymon's complicated response to Marvin and to Cousin Amelia figures in the resolution.