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''Child Bride of Short Creek'' is a 1981 TV movie written by Joyce Eliason and starring Diane Lane, Helen Hunt, Christopher Atkins, and Dee Wallace. The film is a dramatization of the lives of the people of Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah, United States, collectively known as "Short Creek," a community made up of members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a group practicing child marriage and polygamy. ==Plot== Jessica Rae Jacobs (Diane Lane) and her friend Naomi (Helen Hunt) grow up resigned to be victims of a patriarchal polygamist group. Jessica secretly listens to the radio after school lessons one day, and becomes confused over lyrics that describe love. Her mother, Sister Jacobs, is one of her father's three wives, and tells Jessica that she is happy as she is very close to her 'sister' wives. Soon after, Jessica is getting ready to welcome home the son of the brethren leader of the community, 19-year-old Isaac King who has been fighting in the Korean War. Isaac and Jessica show an attraction towards each other and happily dance outside with the rest of the community. Meanwhile, President King calls a meeting with the Brethren to claim that God has told him to take another wife. Jay Jacobs is disturbed to find that President King is referring to his carefree daughter Jessica, but puts aside his worries as it is 'God's will'. In church the next day Isaac shows up late and stares at Jessica through the service. As the community file out of the church President King tells Jessica that she should start thinking about marriage. Jessica shows slight shock and soon catches Naomi kissing a teenage boy behind a shed. She shares her worry that she will be married off to an old man, and Naomi claims she will escape to Las Vegas to become an actress. On a plum-picking outing, Isaac shows great discomfort and anger when teenagers in a passing car call him a "plig" (polygamist) and ask if Jessica and Naomi are his wives. Naomi then attempts to leave Short Creek. After walking for a while she naively accepts a ride from two men and tries beer for the first time. The two men attempt to rape her, but are stopped by President King who was following Naomi, having been aware of her wild nature for a while, and he drives a crying Naomi back to Short Creek. Isaac finds out from his mother the next morning that his father has decided to marry Jessica. He's furious, not only because of his feelings for her, but because of her youth and the fact that his mother will be neglected once again. He angrily confronts his father and tells him that he doesn't want the Kingdom of Heaven or any of it. His father disowns him. One morning after tearfully trying on an old wedding dress, Jessica discovers that Naomi has been secretly married off to an old man to tie her down. After finding this out, she runs to Isaac and confesses her love for him. The two kiss and make plans to leave at the pioneer celebrations the next afternoon.=---- The members of the community peacefully cooperate, leaving the authorities to feel guilty as they split the many families up, including a pregnant Naomi. Jessica sadly boards a school bus with her mother and siblings, ready to be taken off to an army barracks to be re-educated. Two years later, we see the women at the barracks getting ready to board the buses to go back to Short Creek. Jessica, now wearing clothes more suited to a girl her age is wearing Isaac's dogtags around her neck. As she looks around, she sees Isaac standing outside a little blue car. Her mother tells Jessica to "Run, while you still have a chance" and Jessica hugs her mother goodbye, promising to write. Jessica shyly approaches Isaac, who hands her her box of clay animals which he has kept for two years. They happily embrace and drive away together. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Child Bride of Short Creek」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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