Sister, Sister

Téléfilm
1982
1h 38m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,8/10

215

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Drama Family

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueMaya Angelou's story of the family stresses that occur when an older sister (Diahann Carroll) attempts to maintain a home, left by her revered father, in an ultra-moralistic way (regardless ... Tout lireMaya Angelou's story of the family stresses that occur when an older sister (Diahann Carroll) attempts to maintain a home, left by her revered father, in an ultra-moralistic way (regardless of the fact that she is secretly having an affair with the married preacher). Nevertheless... Tout lireMaya Angelou's story of the family stresses that occur when an older sister (Diahann Carroll) attempts to maintain a home, left by her revered father, in an ultra-moralistic way (regardless of the fact that she is secretly having an affair with the married preacher). Nevertheless, her uptight need to maintain a sense of propriety of course goes against the wishes of h... Tout lire

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Filmed in 1979, but not aired until 1982.

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Freida Lovejoy Burton: [all three coming down the stairs] I thought it would be good for Danny, but he hates it.
Carolyne Lovejoy: He hasn't even given it a chance.
Freida Lovejoy Burton: Now Caroline, I Know my son. He's been on his best behavior. He thinks you don't like him. It's awful to grow up in a house where you're disliked.
Sissy Lovejoy: Don't I know it.
Carolyne Lovejoy: What do you mean by that?
Sissy Lovejoy: You never liked me.
Carolyne Lovejoy: I raised you, Sissy. Do you remember what Papa always used to say?
Sissy Lovejoy: What?
Carolyne Lovejoy: There's nothing more important in a family of nations than the love and care of your own relations.
Sissy Lovejoy: Oh, those stupid poems again. He even published a book of them. You knew I wanted to go to Howard University and I needed that money.
Carolyne Lovejoy: Papa left that $2000 for me to publish that book.
Sissy Lovejoy: Of course, you always did what Papa want. You never did anything for me!
Carolyne Lovejoy: When you were a sick child, I cleaned your vomit. I bathed and powdered you. I gave you your first pair of high heel shoes. Was that for Papa? I gave you your first dating dress. I gave you your first ice skates! Was that for Papa, Sissy?
[runs into the kitchen]
Sissy Lovejoy: [following her] Yes, Caroline, it was, like everything. And what was he, Caroline? A Pullman Porter who made some investments, saved a little money. A porter caring for white folks. Cleaning their clothes and shining their shoes and damn pleaded for the lousy tips he got being their servant.
Carolyne Lovejoy: But he did it all for us so that we can have a better way of life.
Sissy Lovejoy: Not for me. He never...
Freida Lovejoy Burton: Wait, wait. We don't have to argue this, we're all grown. Now Cissy and I both have decided to leave this place. We need money and we want to sell this house.
Carolyne Lovejoy: My house?
Freida Lovejoy Burton: It's not your house.
Sissy Lovejoy: It belongs to all of us, Caroline.
Carolyne Lovejoy: This was your idea, Freida. You had it from the first day you walked through that front door.
Freida Lovejoy Burton: I don't deny it, but why do you need all this space for yourself?
Sissy Lovejoy: Caroline, you can move into your own apartment. You can buy yourself a decent car.
Sissy Lovejoy: This house will sell easy.
Carolyne Lovejoy: Isn't it a pity that for 13 years you didn't think about this house, when I was here putting my time, my love, my money into this house!
[she pickes up a serving dish and sets it on the dining room table]

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Referenced in Boy Meets World: Brother Brother (1996)

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Intelligent telling of a common family circumstance.

Maya Angelou's story of the family stresses that occur when an older sister (Diahann Carroll) attempts to maintain a home, left by her revered father, in an ultra-moralistic way (regardless of the fact that she is secretly having an affair with the married preacher). Nevertheless, her uptight need to maintain a sense of propriety of course goes against the wishes of her much younger sister (Irene Cara) who, as an accomplished ice skater, is striving for her own independence. And if this isn't enough, into it is suddenly thrust a third sister (Rosalind Cash), who is a single mother with a pre-teen son, who "comes home" with her boy after living for years in the ghettos of Detroit. And because she is the complete antithesis of her older sister in morals and deportment, immediately she sides with her younger sister against the strictures set down in the home. And although the conflicts can be anticipated, the level of the dialogue and the intensity of the characters which Ms. Angelou has built into her story is well worth the price of the ticket. My only regret is that the ending is much too Disney-like unbelievable, and out of character which, I feel, could have been much stronger if there hadn't been such a need for a "happy ending" resolution.