The Color Purple (1985)
Director:
Steven Spielberg
Tagline:
« Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize Winning Story. »
Actors:
Albert
Celie
Shug Avery
Sofia
Harpo
Genre:
Drama
Rating:
(104’870 votes)
(104’870 votes)
Quotes:
« Celie: [on leaving the farm in Shug's car, shouting to Albert] I'm poor, black, I may even be ugly, but dear God, I'm here. I'm here!
»
« Sophia: All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my uncles. I had to fight my brothers. A girl child ain't safe in a family of men, but I ain't never thought I'd have to fight in my own house!
»
« Sofia: Sat in that jail, I sat in that jail til I near about done rot to death. I know what it like to wanna go somewhere and cain't. I know what it like to wanna sing… and have it beat out 'ya. I want to thank you, Miss Celie, fo everything you done for me. I 'members that day in the store with Miss Millie – I's feelin' real down. I's feelin' mighty bad. And when I seed you – I know'd there is a God. I know'd there is a God.
»
Trailer:
Trailer [EN]
Runtime:154 minutes
Plots:
A tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.
This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900’s. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 – and pregnant – by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life…
Georgia, 1909. With an abusive father, the only person who 14-year old Celie cares for and loves is her younger sister Nettie. Then Celie is married off to Albert Johnson, a brutal, uncaring man. After an incident between Nettie and Albert, Albert bans Nettie from his property and it appears that Celie may never see her again.
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