Loving Annabelle (2006)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Katherine Brooks

Writers:

Olivia Bohnhoff (additional screenplay)
Katherine Brooks (writer)

Release Date:

24 May 2007 (Germany)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

One Student... One teacher... One secret.

Plot:

Annabelle is the wise-beyond-her-years newcomer to an exclusive Catholic girls school. Having been expelled...

Plot Keywords:

Teacher | Denial | Schoolgirl | Breasts | Nun

Awards:

6 wins

Cast

Erin Kelly	...	Annabelle
Diane Gaidry	...	Simone Bradley
Laura Breckenridge	...	Colins
Michelle Horn	...	Kristen
Gustine Fudickar	...	Cat Pegrum
Ilene Graff	...	Mother Immaculata
Markus Flanagan	...	Michael
Karen Teliha	...	Sister Claire
Marla Maples	...	Lauren
Greg Joelson	...	Barry
Wendy Schaal	...	Senator Tillman (as Wendy Schall)
Greg Carroll	...	Senator's Aid
Shawn Thompson	...	Senator's Aid
Leslie Andrews	...	Martha (as Lesli Andrews)
Austin Highsmith	...	Schoolgirl

Runtime:

76 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Australia:MA | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Marymount High School - 10643 W. Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Divine Light Pictures

Trivia:

In the scene when Annabelle leaves the end-of-year ball with St. Peters to retrieve her guitar and the music for a song she wrote earlier, a poster is plainly visible on the wall above her bedside table, featuring the band that originally wrote and performed the song she is about to sing.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: After Annabelle asks Simone if she would take her cross off, Annabelle turns to pick up her rosary. The microphone is visible on the inside of Annabelle's shirt collar.

Quotes:

Simone: [talking about getting rid of Annabelle's beads] Maybe you could carry them in your pocket or hide them in your bag where no one could see them.
Annabelle: I'll think about it.
Simone: Why are you making this so hard?
Annabelle: The first person I fell in love with gave them to me.
Simone: You still in love with him?
Annabelle: *She* moved to Europe last year with her family.
Simone: [Simone touches Annabelle's arm] Think about it.

Soundtrack:

Six Feet Down

I don't know what the fuss is all about

I didn't like this movie. I read the reviews, watched it, and came away thinking that if this was a movie about a male teacher who "loved" a female student or a female teacher who "loved" a male student that people wouldn't be so sympathetic. In a nutshell, this teacher had no right to be sleeping with a young girl... even if the young girl was the one who initiated the contact. I've also known quite a lot of religious in my life (both priests and nuns) and never knew one who was quite as creepy as "Mother Immaculata" from this film. Her own relationship with Simone was odd. The fact that Simone repeatedly asked to have Annabelle moved out of her dorm and had her comments ignored without discussion was strange. I think the only scene that moved me was when Simone was in church speaking to the priest. When he said his problem was that he "knew everything" I really felt that he was trying to tell her that he knew she was a lesbian and didn't condemn her for it. And I found that simple handclasp at the end of the scene very comforting.