Almost three million Germans flocked to the cinema in 1992 to find out what was behind the title » Green Tomatoes «. In addition to insights into southern American cuisine with fried green tomatoes as a special delicacy, two stories about the approach of two women, which are told in parallel on two levels of time, dominate.
Directed by Jon Avnet («Up Close») adapted the Fannie Flagg novel «Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe» with a star-studded cast:
With Jessica Tandy («Miss Daisy and her Chauffeur») and Kathy Bates («Misery») he had two Oscar winners at his disposal and with Mary Stuart Masterson («Benny & Joon») and Mary-Louise Parker («Grand Canyon”), he brought two of the best-known newcomers of the 1990s in front of the camera. Jessica Tandy received another Oscar nomination for her role. Three years later she succumbed to cancer at the age of 85.
WHAT IS GREEN TOMATOES ABOUT:
In a southern Alabama town, frustrated housewife Evelyn Couch (Kathy Bates) befriends elderly lady Ninny Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy). To cheer her up, the old woman tells her the story of Idgie (Mary Stuart Masterson) and Ruth (Mary-Louise Parker), who opened the Whistle Stop Café together in the 1930s. Their speciality: green tomatoes.
But because they also serve black people, they get into trouble with the Klu Klux Klan, which also includes Ruth’s husband Frank (Nick Searcy). Because he kept hitting her, she left him. Now he wants to take the baby away from her. But that is no longer the case. Frank disappears without a trace and Idgie is suspected of murder…
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As part of the Best of Cinema series, April 5, 2022, Green Tomatoes will unfold once again the old American South in all its beauty and horror. Another classic hits the cinemas every first Tuesday of the month – presented by FILMSTARTS as the official media partner. Visit the Best of Cinema website for more info .
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