Evening (2007)

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Studio: Focus Features
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: Jun 29, 2007
Running Time: 117 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
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Overcome by the power of memory, Ann Lord reveals a long-held secret to her concerned daughters; Constance, a content wife and mother, and Nina, a restless single woman. Both are bedside when Ann calls out for the man she loved more than any other. But who is this “Harris,” wonder her daughters, and what is he to our mother? While Constance and Nina try to take stock of Ann’s life and their own lives, their mother is tended to by a night nurse as she journeys in her mind back to a summer weekend some fifty years ago, when she was Ann Grant, a young woman who has come from New York City to be maid of honor at the high-society Newport wedding of her dearest friend from college, Lila Wittenborn. The bride-to-be is jittery, and turns to her maid-of-honor, rather than her own mother, for support. Ann stays close to her friend, yet is even closer to Lila's irrepressible brother Buddy. Unexpected feelings surge forth once Ann meets wedding guest Harris Arden, a lifelong friend and intimate of the Wittenborn family. Ann's love for Harris will change her life, and those of her daughters, forever.
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Lila Ross
Nina Mars
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Constance Haverford
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Lizzie Tull
Buddy Wittenborn
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Despite strong performances from its excellent cast, Lajos Koltai's wistful adaptation of Susan Minot's novel Evening doesn't quite connect.

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As she lies on what is clearly going to be her deathbed, ailing, elderly Ann Grant (Vanessa Redgrave) is consumed by memories of a pivotal weekend during her youth. While visiting Newport for her best friend Lila's (Mamie Gummer) lavish wedding, aspiring singer Ann (Claire Danes) is torn between the faithful affection of Lila's ne'er-do-well brother,… Continued