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''The Ballad of the Sad Café'' is a 1991 Merchant Ivory film, produced by Ismail Merchant and directed by Simon Callow,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ballad_of_the_sad_cafe/ )〕 starring Vanessa Redgrave and Keith Carradine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991) )〕 Michael Hirst adapted the Edward Albee play, which in turn was based on a novella in a collection of short stories of the same title by Carson McCullers. The film was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Berlinale: 1991 Programme )〕 The story's protagonist is a lonely moonshiner named Miss Amelia who dominates a small Georgia town. She changes in attitude and kindness as two men, Cousin Lymon (a small, hunchbacked man claiming to be Miss Amelia's cousin) and Marvin Macy (Miss Amelia's ex-husband) enter her life. Her general store becomes a center for culture and music, and The Sad Café itself becomes a symbol of Miss Amelia's disposition. Amid this plot, issues of work vs. pleasure, material vs. psychological health, and conflicting loyalties emerge. The short story is told in flashback—giving the reader, first, a look at the ruined café before describing its heyday and subsequent demise. ==Cast== * Vanessa Redgrave as Miss Amelia * Keith Carradine as Marvin Macy * Cork Hubbert as Cousin Lymon * Rod Steiger as Rev. Willin * Austin Pendleton as Lawyer Taylor * Beth Dixon as Mary Hale * Lanny Flaherty as Merlie Ryan * Mert Hatfield as Stumpy McPhail * Earl Hindman as Henry Macy * Anne Pitoniak as Mrs. McPhail * Frederick Johnson as Jeff * Lauri Raymond as Sadie Ricketts * Joe Stevens as Henry Ford Crimp (as Joe Stephens) * Keith Wommack as Tom Rainey * Kevin Wommack as George Rainey * Laura Burns as Molly Kelly 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「The Ballad of the Sad Café (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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