Loving Annabelle
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Loving Annabelle is a 2006
film directed by Katherine Brooks
. Based on Mädchen in Uniform, it tells the story of a boarding school student who falls in love with her teacher. It was filmed at Marymount High School
in Los Angeles
.
Simone is a dependable and respectable teacher who occasionally bends the rules out of concern for her students but her personal life is synonymous with abiding by the conventions of society and religion. Annabelle is her antithesis – with unrestrained behavior, unconventional choices and outright defiance for authority.
Annabelle receives a stern rebuke from the principal, Mother Immaculata, for audaciously flaunting her Buddhist prayer beads. Simone is given the responsibility of controlling her. At first Simone requests the principal to move Annabelle to another dormitory but soon notices her maturity and sensitivity and convinces her to comply with the school regulations. In the process Annabelle falls in love with Simone.
Simone resists Annabelle’s delicate overtures until they are left alone at the school during spring break. Simone drives Annabelle to her beach house where Annabelle discovers painful personal details about Simone’s past. Annabelle holds her tightly in her arms as Simone breaks down. A deep emotional connection is established between the two.
Simone fights a hard battle with herself but is eventually overpowered by Annabelle’s relentless pursuit. At the annual school dance when Annabelle pours her heart out with the song – "In the space between what’s wrong and right; you will find me waiting for you…" Simone is consumed by intense emotions and kisses Annabelle. They end up making passionate love.
The next morning Mother Immaculata walks in on them getting dressed and demands to see Simone in her office immediately. On being questioned if she did the right thing Simone admits that she loves Annabelle. Government officials arrest Simone and just as she is leaving, Annabelle places her most prized possession – the Buddhist prayer beads – in her hands.
Annabelle tearfully looks at her pictures taken by Simone at the beach house while Simone is driven away. The movie ends with the following quote – ‘For one human being to love another that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks…the work for which all other work is but preparation.’
Fort Worth Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival
L.A. Outfest
Long Island Film Festival
Paris Cinema Festival
2006 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...
film directed by Katherine Brooks
Katherine Brooks
Katherine Brooks is an American film writer and director. Brooks dropped out of high school at the age of 16 and ran away from her hometown to Hollywood, with dreams to pursue a career in television and film-making....
. Based on Mädchen in Uniform, it tells the story of a boarding school student who falls in love with her teacher. It was filmed at Marymount High School
Marymount High School
Marymount High School is a private, Roman Catholic, all-girls, college-preparatory high school located in the Holmby Hills/Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. It sits across from the University of California, Los Angeles campus at 10643 Sunset Boulevard....
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
.
Plot
Annabelle Tillman, the daughter of a senator, is sent to a Catholic boarding school after being expelled from two of her previous schools. Simone Bradley, a poetry teacher at the school, is in charge of her dormitory. Annabelle shares the dormitory with amiable classmate Christen, the bully Katherine and Colins, the nervous wreck.Simone is a dependable and respectable teacher who occasionally bends the rules out of concern for her students but her personal life is synonymous with abiding by the conventions of society and religion. Annabelle is her antithesis – with unrestrained behavior, unconventional choices and outright defiance for authority.
Annabelle receives a stern rebuke from the principal, Mother Immaculata, for audaciously flaunting her Buddhist prayer beads. Simone is given the responsibility of controlling her. At first Simone requests the principal to move Annabelle to another dormitory but soon notices her maturity and sensitivity and convinces her to comply with the school regulations. In the process Annabelle falls in love with Simone.
Simone resists Annabelle’s delicate overtures until they are left alone at the school during spring break. Simone drives Annabelle to her beach house where Annabelle discovers painful personal details about Simone’s past. Annabelle holds her tightly in her arms as Simone breaks down. A deep emotional connection is established between the two.
Simone fights a hard battle with herself but is eventually overpowered by Annabelle’s relentless pursuit. At the annual school dance when Annabelle pours her heart out with the song – "In the space between what’s wrong and right; you will find me waiting for you…" Simone is consumed by intense emotions and kisses Annabelle. They end up making passionate love.
The next morning Mother Immaculata walks in on them getting dressed and demands to see Simone in her office immediately. On being questioned if she did the right thing Simone admits that she loves Annabelle. Government officials arrest Simone and just as she is leaving, Annabelle places her most prized possession – the Buddhist prayer beads – in her hands.
Annabelle tearfully looks at her pictures taken by Simone at the beach house while Simone is driven away. The movie ends with the following quote – ‘For one human being to love another that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks…the work for which all other work is but preparation.’
Alternate ending
The DVD release contains an alternate ending in which Annabelle can be seen driving to an unknown destination. She stops off at a road-side store and picks up the latest copy of the newspaper. The headline is that no charges have been brought on the teacher in the lesbian sex scandal at a school. Annabelle is then seen parking on the side of the road before going down towards Miss Bradley's beach house.Cast
- Erin KellyErin KellyErin Kelly is an American film, theater and television actress, best known for her role as Annabelle Tillman in Katherine Brooks's 2006 film Loving Annabelle.-Films:Kelly has collaborated with director Katherine Brooks on four films...
as Annabelle Tillman - Diane GaidryDiane GaidryDiane Adair Gaidry is an American film actress. She portrayed Simone Bradley in 2006 film Loving Annabelle directed by Katherine Brooks. Her characterization won her the Grand Jury Award for Best Actress at L.A. Outfest.Gaidry received B.F.A...
as Simone Bradley - Gustine Fudickar as Catherine
- Laura BreckenridgeLaura BreckenridgeLaura Breckenridge is an American actress born in Flourtown, Pennsylvania, most noted for her portrayal of 19-year-old college student Rose Sorelli on The WB's Related as a young woman who switches her major from pre-med to experimental theater...
as Colins - Michelle HornMichelle HornMichelle Horn is an American actress known for her work in the TV shows Strong Medicine and Family Law. Horn is also known for her voiceover work in Disney's Lion King 2: Simba's Pride as the lion cub Kiara. Her voice can be heard in Lion King-related merchandise such as software, plushes, toys...
as Kristen - Ilene GraffIlene GraffIlene Graff is an American actress and singer.The Brooklyn native began her professional career as a teenager when she performed as a background singer and commercial actress while attending Van Buren High School in Queens Village...
as Mother Immaculata - Markus FlanaganMarkus Flanagan-Life and career:Flanagan was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He co-starred in the Nickelodeon series Unfabulous as Jeff Singer, the father of Emma Roberts' character, from 2004 to 2007. Other television credits include CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, Judging Amy, and Northern Exposure...
as Michael - Leslie AndrewsLeslie AndrewsLeslie Andrews is an American motion picture and television actress.-Biography:Leslie Andrews is best known for her role as Izzy, the serial killer from the film Sick Girl and as Alyson from the short movie Actors.-Cinema:*Loving Annabelle - Martha*Actors - Alyson*Sick Girl -...
(as Lesli Andrews) as Martha - Kevin McCarthyKevin McCarthy (actor)Kevin McCarthy was an American stage, film, and television actor, who appeared in over two hundred television and film roles. For his role in the 1951 film version of Death of a Salesman, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and won a Golden Globe Award for New Star of...
as Father Harris
Awards
Atlanta Film FestivalAtlanta Film Festival
The Atlanta Film Festival is an Academy Award qualifying, international film festival held in Atlanta, Georgia. Started in 1976 and occurring every April, the festival shows a diverse range of independent films, including genre films such as horror and sci-fi...
- 2006 Audience Award (Katherine BrooksKatherine BrooksKatherine Brooks is an American film writer and director. Brooks dropped out of high school at the age of 16 and ran away from her hometown to Hollywood, with dreams to pursue a career in television and film-making....
)
Fort Worth Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival
- 2006 Q Award- Narrative Feature (Katherine Brooks)
L.A. Outfest
- 2006 Audience Award (Katherine Brooks)
- 2006 Grand Jury Award- Best Actress (Diane Gaidry)
Long Island Film Festival
- 2006 Audience Choice Award- Narrative Feature (Katherine Brooks)
Paris Cinema Festival
- 2006 Jury Award (Katherine Brooks)
External links
- Loving Annabelle at ELMS
- Review of "Loving Annabelle", AfterEllen.com