| Title | The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991) |
| Runtime | 1 hr. 40 min. |
| Director | Simon Callow |
| Country | UK, USA |
| Studio | Criterion Collection |
| Genres | Drama | Gay and Lesbian |
| Description | Vanessa Redgrave, Keith Carradine, and Rod Steiger star in Merchant Ivory Productions’ extraordinary 1991 film directed by the British actor Simon Callow. The Ballad of the Sad Café , based on the novella by Carson McCullers and the play by Edward Albee, is both a grotesque black comedy and a prime slice of Southern Gothic set in a poverty-stricken rural community dominated by the curious, androgynous character of Miss Amelia. A forceful personality with a mysterious past, she runs the town’s only café and controls the locals through the careful distribution of her own secretly brewed “hooch.” |