The Rising Place

The Rising Place

🎞️ Movie 93 min US
โ˜… 6.4 /10 2001

A story about discovering your heart in a place you never expected.

Set against the picturesque landscape of the Mississippi Delta in the 1940's, 'The Rising Place' follows the close friendship of two young women, each of a different race, and their struggle to find purpose in their lives during this time of social injustice and world war. When Virginia visits her Aunt Millie at Christmas, she discovers a stack of handwritten letters over half a century old, and unlocks the story of her aunt's youthful days as a young woman living in Hamilton, Mississippi, during the second World War. Beautifully shot sequences episodically shift back and forth from the past to the present. In a time when a woman's place was in the home, young Emily ventures out and falls in love with a young soldier, eventually carrying his baby out of wedlock. With the support of her best friend Wilma Watson and their draft-dodging companion Will Bacon, Emily is able to stand by her convictions in a household dominated by the standards of a salt-of-the-earth father and an unconditionally loving mother.

Cast

Liam Aiken
Liam Aiken
Emmett Wilder
Frances Fisher
Frances Fisher
Virginia Wilder
Alice Drummond
Alice Drummond
Aunt Millie
Frances Sternhagen
Frances Sternhagen
Ruth Wilder
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Jackie Bateman
Emily Hodge (age 10)
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Courtney Campbell
Wilma Watson (age 10)
Laurel Holloman
Laurel Holloman
Emily Hodge
Mark Webber
Mark Webber
Will Bacon
Tess Harper
Tess Harper
Rebecca Hodge
Gary Cole
Gary Cole
Avery Hodge
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Conrad Pope
Composer
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Jim Dollarhide
Cinematographer