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Obedient April is the wife of a bureaucrat with a lecherous boss, and is the
mother of a sweet, undemanding 9-year-old girl. April is somewhat close to
her eccentric, ecology-obsessed mother, but distant from her wealthy father.
Feeling more and more disconnected from the world, April has taken to
shoplifting.
One day, en-route to a tea party that has political importance for her husband, April can't resist a quick thieving junket. To her shock, more ambitious - though ultimately inept - robbers than she burst into the store and end up taking her hostage. At first, April is outraged and terrified. Slowly, however, being removed from her mundane life allows April a taste of personal and sexual freedom that she's never before experienced. Partly black comedy, partly a story of a woman's awakening, Turning April is an unusual film full of pleasant surprises and little shocks. Bennett's shots are wonderfully composed, and Tushka Bergen is utterly convincing as a woman on a transformational internal journey. 1995, 35mm, Color, 104 minutes
Executive Producer: Philip Gerlach, Robert Lantos |
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