If This Wall Can Speak 2 is a 2000 television movie in the United States, broadcast on HBO. It follows three separate story lines about the lesbian couple in three different time periods. Like the original If These Walls Can Speak , all stories are arranged in the same house at various time periods.
The segment was directed by Jane Anderson, Martha Coolidge, and Anne Heche respectively.
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Plot
1961
The elderly couple, Edith (Vanessa Redgrave) and Abby (Marian Seldes) sit in the cinema watching the lesbian themed The Children's Hour. Some people came out of the theater in disgust at the movie, and a group of children laughed as they watched Edith and Abby holding hands. Then, in the house they had shared for 30 years, Abby fell down the stairs. At the hospital, the doctors told Edith that Abby might have suffered a stroke. Edith asks to see Abby but is not allowed because she is not a member of the family. Instead, he spends the night in the waiting room and in the morning he learns from a more sympathetic nurse that Abby died alone at night, and no hospital worker informs him after that.
Edith called Abby's nephew, Ted (Paul Giamatti), the only surviving relative, to tell him the news. Before Ted and his family came to attend the funeral, Edith erased all traces that they were a couple. She made it look like they had a separate bedroom and wiped the photos of the two of them together. At home afterwards, Ted and Edith talk about the fact that the house is in the name of Abby. Although Edith contributes the same to mortgages, she does not legally have a share of it. When Alice packed Abby's belongings, Ted told Edith that she would consider letting Edith stay home and pay her rent. Edith tells her that Abby wants her to stay at home, because that's what they always talk about. Ted finally tells him that it would be better if he sells the house and he finds his own place even though he says that he will wait until he finds a new place before putting home in the market. The family leaves, with Ted telling Edith that he will be in touch in a few weeks to discuss what he will do.
1972
Linda (Michelle Williams), a young student, now shares the house with three friends, all lesbians. They face conflict with their feminist group is part of when other women do not want to include lesbian problems despite the fact that Linda and her friends help to find the group and fight for free contraception on campus with their direct friends.
In a lesbian bar they had never visited before, they were shocked and disappointed to see women seem to fulfill the traditional role of butch and femme. They laughed at Amy (ChloÃÆ'¤ Sevigny), a young woman wearing a tie. Amy asks Linda to dance but she refuses while her friends are still there. The others immediately leave and Linda stays behind and dances with Amy. Later, Amy gives Linda a ride home to her bike and they kiss. Linda invites Amy to come back the next day.
The next day, Linda and the others argue with a woman from a feminist group when Amy arrives. Linda felt embarrassed and short with Amy who was quickly gone. Linda's friends tease her about Amy and question how they can be taken seriously as feminists if they associate with people like Amy. They can not understand why a woman will dress like a man when they have fought so hard to escape from such stereotypical roles.
Linda goes to Amy's house and apologizes. They sleep together. The next morning, Linda sees Amy's picture as a child, dressed like a boy. He asks Amy if Amy should be the man and Linda the woman. Amy says no and accuses Linda of being afraid that people will know who she is if she looks with Amy.
Amy goes to Linda's house for dinner. Linda urges her friends to give Amy a chance, but an awkward night worsens when her friends criticize Amy and try to get her to change her clothes. Amy left, annoyed. Linda follows her home and tells him that she has never been ashamed of Amy, but only to herself. They are at peace.
2000
The house is now inhabited by Fran (Sharon Stone) and Kal (Ellen DeGeneres), a couple wishing to have a baby together. They hope to receive sperm donations from Tom (George Newbern) and Arnold (Mitchell Anderson), gay couples, but when men are reluctant to agree not to participate in the baby's life, women decide not to continue. Later, Kal told Fran that she did not want to know her baby father and they agreed to use anonymous donors. They are looking for donors on the internet and are looking for companies to use. Through an endless profile of potential donors, Kal was annoyed that she herself could not make Fran pregnant.
When they discovered that Fran was ovulating, Kal rushed to the donor company to get the sperm. She obliged Fran, but to no avail. After visiting the local elementary school several times, they share their worries for their child. Fran and Kal know that their baby will face discrimination because of people's views on lesbian families, but hope that their love for each other and their child will be enough. After three tries to get pregnant, they go to the doctor to help them get pregnant. Soon they discover that Fran is pregnant.
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Cast
1961
- Vanessa Redgrave as Edith Tree
- Marian Seldes as Abby Hedley
- Paul Giamatti as Ted Hedley
- Elizabeth Perkins as Alice Hedley
- Jenny O'Hara as Marge Carpenter
- Marley McClean as Maggie Hedley
1972
- Michelle Williams as Linda
- ChloÃÆ' Â «Sevigny as Amy
- Nia Long as Karen
- Natasha Lyonne as Jeanne
- Heather McComb as Diane
- Amy Carlson as Michelle
- Lee Garlington as Georgette
2000
- Sharon Stone as Fran
- Ellen DeGeneres as Kal
- Regina King as Allie
- Kathy Najimy as Doctor
- Mitchell Anderson as Arnold
- George Newbern as Tom
Awards and nominations
- Emmy Awards
- Extraordinary Supporting Actress in a Mini or Movie Series - Vanessa Redgrave ( won )
- Extraordinary Movie for Television ( nomination )
- Extraordinary Posts for Miniseries or Movies ( nominees )
- Extraordinary Casting for Miniseries, Movies, or Special ( nominees )
- Golden Globe Awards
- Best Supporting Actress in Serial, Mini Series or Moving Image for TV - Vanessa Redgrave ( winning )
- NAACP Image Award
- Outstanding Actress in Television Movie, Mini Series or Special Drama - Nia Long (nominations )
- Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Extraordinary Performance by Female Actor in a Television Movie or Serial Mini - Vanessa Redgrave ( won )
- Satellite Award
- Best Actress in Television Movie, Mini Serial or Special Drama - Vanessa Redgrave ( nominee )
- Women in Crystal Lucy Awards
- Lucy Award (2000) to Kreator and Cast If This Wall Is Talking and If The Wall Can Speak 2
- in recognition of excellence and innovation in creative work that has enhanced women's perception through television media
- Lucy Award (2000) to Kreator and Cast If This Wall Is Talking and If The Wall Can Speak 2
References
External links
- If This Walls Can Speak 2 on IMDb
- If This Wall Can Speak 2 in AllMovie
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