Films
Hannah Free
Light House 3 / Sun Aug 2 / 8.30pm / €10
European Premiere
Dir. Wendy Jo Carlton 2009 USA 90mins
Screening with World Premiere of the short Sinéads Hand/Dir. Linda Cullen/Ireland/2009/90secs
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Adapted from an award-winning play by Claudia Allen, this deeply affecting love story co-stars Sharon Gless of Cagney and Lacey fame. Out and proud, Hannah and reserved Rachel have shared many decades of love, but now Hannah is prevented from visiting Rachel, who lies in a coma in a nursing home. When a kindly nurse intervenes, Hannah begins to visit her lover secretly and a series of flashbacks reveal their years of enduring partnership, both passionate and tumultuous.
This film raises many same-sex relationship rights issues, but at its heart is a powerful story of simple humanity and devoted love.
Gala Selection, Frameline San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival 2009