Before Women Had Wings (1997)

Directors

Lloyd Kramer

Cast

Burt Young, David Hart, Ellen Barkin, John Savage, Julia Stiles, Oprah Winfrey, Tina Majorino, William Lee Scott

The story

In the 1960s, 9-year-old Avocet Abigale "Bird" Jackson lives with her family in a Florida citrus grove. Life is hard for Bird and her teenage sister Phoebe, constantly putting up with their parents' arguments. Their father, Billy, is always beating their mother, Glory Marie, and every time things seem to go right between Glory Marie and Billy, yet another argument begins.

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