Pauline and Juliet
Heavenly Creatures (1994), a lesbian interest film, is the true story of Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, two teenage girls growing up in New Zealand in the early 1950's. The movie based on Pauline's own diaries provides a window into the bond that Pauline and Juliet share - a love of fantasy and literature and each other. However the adults around them become concerned about the intensity of their relationship and decide to separate them. Juliet and Pauline seek their revenge by conspiring to kill Pauline's mother.
In real life both girls were considered too young for the death penalty and were incarcerated separately for five years in 1954. Juliet was released in 1959 and left New Zealand immediately to join her mother overseas eventually becoming a famous author of historical detective stories under the pseudonym of Anne Perry. Pauline remained in New Zealand a further seven years following her release in the same year. One of the conditions of their release was that they never meet again.
Heavenly Creatures is an outstanding movie that has become a lesbian classic. The acting by both Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey is convincing and the movie enthralling and well deserving of the 7.3 IMDb rating.
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Kate Winslet as Juliet Hulme
Melanie Lynskey as Pauline Parker
Country of Origin: New Zealand
Genre: Drama / Romance
Language: English
Subtitles: None
Runtime: 2.40 minute Official Trailer, 99 mins international version or 108 mins uncut
Year of Release: 1994
Director: Peter Jackson
Screenplay: Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
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