Shirley MacLaine made her directorial debut with this remake of 1997's MA VIE EN ROSE, a touching fable about fostering children's individuality rather than forcing them to conform to acceptable notions of behavior. Bruno (Alex D. Linz), a precocious only child at the mercy of his 350-pound single-mom Angela (Stacey Halprin) — a Divine-esque dressmaker — has inherited his mother's love of all garments frilly and flamboyant. But his passion for dresses doesn't go down well in the outside world, especially when it comes to the strict dress code of his Long Island parochial school. Bruno endures with aplomb his classmates' playground assaults and the reprimand...
Released:
2000
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
108 mins