Grace Is Gone (film)
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| Director(s) | James C. Strouse |
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| Distributor | The Weinstein Company |
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| Stanley Phillips is overwhelmed when he gets news that his wife Grace has been killed in the Iraq war. His first attempt at telling his young daughters becomes a road trip to their favorite amusement park. He knows he must tell them, but first he must learn who his daughters are before he can help them, and himself, overcome this tragedy. | |
Stanley Phillips is overwhelmed when he gets news that his wife Grace has been killed in the Iraq war. His first attempt at telling his young daughters becomes a road trip to their favorite amusement park. He knows he must tell them, but first he must learn who his daughters are before he can help them, and himself, overcome this tragedy.
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Billy Flower lives in the small mainly Maori town of Meridian. The fact he is irresistible to women is borne out by his twelve daughters, known about town as the Flower girls, all to different mothers.
Grace is Gone centres on Billy’s daughter Cherry, who has returned from overseas to Meridian after the break-up of her marriage to Bax, a British photojournalist. He’ll be following her home soon, but for the moment Cherry has returned alone to lose herself in the loving world of her family. Then there’s her old childhood friend Grace; she died some years ago, but that doesn’t stop her putting in regular appearances throughout the novel.
Grace is Gone, with its sprawling cast of characters, explores the relationships of an extended family of Maori women. Spot-on dialogue and lyrical description combine to create a novel that is richly subversive and funny as hell.
Grace Is Gone: Music from the Motion Picture
Stanley Phillips, a patriot and father of two, is overwhelmed when he gets news that his wife, Grace, has been killed in the Iraq war. Though distraught himself, he tries to rally the strength to tell his young daughters. Instead, he bundles them in the car and heads out on a road trip to their favorite amusement park. Inside, he knows what he needs to do. But he must first learn who his daughters are before he can begin helping them overcome this tragedy.
The film features original score by Clint Eastwood and also includes a song written by Eastwood and sung by Jamie Cullum.
