Passion Fish
- Original title
- Passion Fish
- Year
- 1992
- Running time
- 134 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Mary McDonnell
- Alfre Woodard
- Leo Burmester
- Angela Bassett
- Vondie Curtis-Hall
- David Strathairn
- Mary Portser
- Nora Dunn
- Nancy Mette
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Disease/illness. Disability. Independent Film (US). Southern Gothic
- Synopsis
- Mary McDonnell stars as May-Alice Culhane, a New York-based soap opera star who is paralyzed in a road accident. She returns to the Louisiana bayou where she grew up and becomes the patient from hell, discharging one caretaker after another. Then along comes Chantelle (Alfre Woodard), a take-no-sass nurse with her own issues to deal with. Together the women rediscover themselves and what it means to live within limitations.
- Awards
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1992: 2 Nominations for Oscar: Actress (Mary McDonnell), Original Screenplay1992: 2 Nominations for Golden Globes: Actress (McDonnell), Supporting Actress (Woodard)1992: Award Independetn Spirit: Best Supp. Actress (Alfre Woodard). 2 Nominations1992: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Woodard)1992: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Nominated for Best Actress (Woodard)1992: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Original Screenplay
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