United States, 1955 / 85 Mins
Director: Douglas Sirk
Starring: Jayne Wyman, Rock Hudson
**Please note: this screening starts promptly at 7pm. There are no ads or trailers**
This heartbreakingly beautiful indictment of 1950s American mores by Douglas Sirk follows the blossoming love between a well-off widow (Jane Wyman) and her handsome and earthy younger gardener (Rock Hudson). When their romance prompts the scorn of her children and country club friends, she must decide whether to pursue her own happiness or carry on a lonely, hemmed-in existence for the sake of the approval of others.
No.6 is proud to be screening All That Heaven Allows as part of the BFI’s Too Much: Melodrama on Film season.
This heartbreakingly beautiful indictment of 1950s American mores by Douglas Sirk follows the blossoming love between a well-off widow (Jane Wyman) and her handsome and earthy younger gardener (Rock Hudson). When their romance prompts the scorn of her children and country club friends, she must decide whether to pursue her own happiness or carry on a lonely, hemmed-in existence for the sake of the approval of others.
No.6 is proud to be screening All That Heaven Allows as part of the BFI’s Too Much: Melodrama on Film season.