The Killing of Sister George (1968)
- 7.1
- 137 mins
- Drama
Storyline
George lives with her lover, Childie and plays a cheerful district nurse in a BBC soap opera. However, her character is to be killed off, and George realises that the only other job she can get is the voice of a cow in a children's tv programme. Her life begins to fall apart as Childie has an affair with a predatory tv producer.—Paul Baker
Plot Keywords
nun, soap opera, lesbian, actress, jealousy, domination, alcohol, based on play, character name in title, old woman, doll, female frontal nudity, fired from the job, infidelity, abusive relationship, may december romance, mistress, breast fondling, camp, reference to ernest hemingway
Short Review
Aldrich's film endures not because it's an example of bad, pre-Stonewall homo images but because of its sly way of celebrating.
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