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The Virgin Suicides is a 1999 American psychological romantic drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola in her feature directorial debut, and co-produced by her father, Francis Ford Coppola.
The Virgin Suicides: Directed by Sofia Coppola. With James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett. A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.
- Sofia Coppola
- 1 min
In an ordinary suburban house, on a lovely tree-lined street, in the middle of 1970s America, lived the five beautiful, dreamy Lisbon sisters, whose doomed fates indelibly marked the neighborhood...
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- Sofia Coppola
- R
- James Woods
The film follows the chain of events initiated by one of the Lisbon sisters' suicide attempt, and its effects on their family, their suburban town and most importantly, the young men who loved the Lisbons from afar and whose words provide the narrative for the film.
Mar 14, 2024 · The heart-wrenching ending of The Virgin Suicides explores themes of isolation, control, and understanding. The Lisbon sisters' tragic suicide is a result of entrapment and oppressive guardianship. The film challenges viewers to reflect on their roles as observers in the lives of others, highlighting the elusive nature of understanding.
Plot summary. As an ambulance arrives for the body of Mary Lisbon, the last Lisbon sister to die, a group of anonymous adolescent neighborhood boys recalls the events leading up to her death. The Lisbons are a Catholic family living in the suburb of Grosse Pointe, Michigan during the 1970s.
An adaptation of Jeffrey Eugenides’s highly acclaimed first novel, The Virgin Suicides conjures the ineffable melancholy of teenage longing and ennui in its story of the suicides of the five Lisbon sisters, stifled by the rules of their overprotective religious parents—as told through the collective memory of a group of men who were boys at ...
