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How to Make an American Quilt is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse released in USA on 6 october 1995 with Winona Ryder
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
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Add to a movie listHow to Make an American Quilt is a 1995 movie which was directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and stars Winona Ryder, Maya Angelou, Ellen Burstyn and Anne Bancroft. It is based on a novel of the same name by Whitney Otto. In 1996, the film received a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
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Finn, étudiante fraîchement diplômée, se prépare à se marier avec Sam, son fiancé, mais elle a peur de perdre sa liberté. Chaque semaine, la tante de Finn, sa sœur et leurs amies se retrouvent pour coudre des courtepointes à thème, et parlent de leurs mariages et de leurs espoirs.Actors
Winona Ryder
(Finn Dodd)
Anne Bancroft
(Glady Joe Cleary)
Ellen Burstyn
(Hy Dodd)
Kate Nelligan
(Constance Saunders)
Alfre Woodard
(Marianna)
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