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BALLAD OF LITTLE JO

Director:

  Maggie Greenwald
  

Year Released:

  1993

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4 out of 5

3.5 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Suzy Amis
  David Chung
  Bo Hopkins
  Ian McKellen
  Sam Robards
Movie Haiku:Imaginative retelling of a western footnote. Expelled from her Boston home after the birth of her illegitimate son, Josephine has to disguise herself to stay alive. Abused & penniless, she builds a new life for herself in a rough mining town, & her secret holds until her autopsy decades later.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2001