Antonia's Line

Antonia's Line
Netherlands, Belgium, England, 1995, 35 mm, Color, 102’ / 95’, Dutch, English Subtitled
Director: Willy Stassen

Antonia lives with her daughter and grandchildren in a farm house. One day, she wakes up and realizes that this is going to be the last day of her life. Through flashbacks, she begins to tell her story, from the day on when, after the Second World War, she settled in the family farm with her daughter Danielle. So many things happened in the past fifty years.....Danielle, who is a painter, decided to have a baby without getting married. Antonia found a suitable donor for her daughter and Danielle gave birth to her daughter Therese. And so did Therese to Sarah. Through three generations of women, the film is at life and death borderline about violence, fidelity, courage, independence and freedom. An example of feminist cinema that has to be seen, again and again....