Mona Lisa Smile

Titolo originale: Mona Lisa Smile
Regia: Mike Newell |
Anno: 2003
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Storia Romance
Tag: massachusetts | art school | inspiration | feminist | conservative | lgbt | post war | post world war ii | faculty | art history | teacher hero | women's issues | subversive | 1950s | unmarried woman | woman centric | women and society | woman independence | women's independence | liberal arts |
Cast: Julia Roberts | Kirsten Dunst | Julia Stiles | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Ginnifer Goodwin | Dominic West | Juliet Stevenson | Marcia Gay Harden | John Slattery | Marian Seldes | Donna Mitchell | Terence Rigby | Jennie Eisenhower | Leslie Lyles | Laura Allen | Topher Grace | Lily Lodge | Jordan Bridges | Ebon Moss-Bachrach | Chuck Montgomery | Taylor Roberts | John Scurti | Ed Peed | Rony Clanton | Becky Veduccio | Paul Vincent Black | Lisa Roberts Gillan | June Miller | Aleksa Palladino | Charles Techman | Lauren Adler | Daisy Baldwin | Janine Barris | Emily Bauer | Kirstie Bingham | Jennifer Bowen | Angelique Claire | Nikki Coble | Kristen Connolly | Kristyn Coppola | Kimberly Ehly | Megan Marie Ford | Lauren Fruchter | Kate Glass | Amanda Gruss | Stella Hao | Walker Hays | Michele Hillen | Annika Marks | Amy Montminy | Lily Rabe | Kate Reilly | Krysten Ritter | Brandy Tipton | Trisha Trokan | Megan Tropea | Maja Wampuszyc | Mary Pascoe | Elise Passamani | Laura M. Flahive | Devon Jencks | Erin E. Richardson | Emily R. See | Rob Buntzen | Richard O'Rourke | Chris Bonomo | Katherine Argo | Shelby Bond | Lou Brock | Michael Choi | Melissa Deles | John D. Fowler | Nicole Frydman | Noelle Gibson | Maria Vicens Girau | Natalie Gomez | Sid Grant | Madeleine Hackney | Betina Hershey | Yuval Hod | Richard Jones | Jerry Jordan | Nickolay Khazanov | Nadia Kravets | Maria Levinstein | KellyDawn Malloy | Annette Nicole | Lance Olds | Joe Palmer | Christian Perry | Daniel Ponickly | Tony Scheppler | Solomon Singer | Gabriel Vaughan | Kim Villanueva | Dan Weltner | Sarah Billings Wheeler | Denise Zadroga | Peter J. Rowan | Tori Amos | Kevin Osborne | Brad Mehldau | Larry Grenadier | Julie Wagner | Jennifer Anderson | Lindsey White | Chris Burke | Dorothy Dwyer | Melanie Angelique Moyer | Canedy Knowles | Kristen Marie Holly | Carrie Ann Kaye | Liliane Thomas | Jackie Sanders | Anna Fields | Valerie Vaile | Jill Whitaker | Randi Newton | Grenville Cuyler | Erik Davies | Gunna Wilson | Corey W. Allen | Marylouise Burke | Trish McGettrick | Jeannette Gould | Whitney Avalon | Eric Bruno Borgman | Cristie Schoen Codd | Katrina Connor | Marlo DiCrasto | Ashley Dru Douglass | Liesl Ehardt | Jessica Leigh Johnson | Marni Penning | Dina Rose Rivera | Melissa Goodwin Shepherd | Josh Mowery | Matthew Shaffer | Michael Cuomo | Maria Rusolo | Christopher Braden |

USA, 1953: tempi di guerra fredda, maccartismo e integrazione razziale. Tutto molto lontano dal Wellesley College, prestigiosa scuola femminile, dove le materie sono un optional rispetto all'insegnamento base, principio fondamentale per le allieve: lo scopo primo nella vita di una donna resta ancora il matrimonio. È in questa realtà che arriva la nuova insegnante di storia dell'arte Katherine Watson: 36 anni, fiera “zitella” di estrazione operaia, convinta di poter aprire le menti delle sue represse, ma non sempre ottuse, aristocratiche allieve. Com'è prevedibile la donna si scontra contro il corpo insegnanti conservatore e con la diffidenza delle ragazze, ma non si arrende e spiegando come “leggere” Leonardo e Van Gogh, introducendo Pollock e facendosi coinvolgere anche nelle beghe amorose, riesce finalmente ad abbattere il muro di ostilità posto fra lei e le alunne.

Errori

Katherine and friends walk into a bar in Wellesley, which was a totally dry town in the 1950s. D
With the exception of Christmas break, all the bar scenes are similar. Bill wears the same sweater, [...] D
The costumes for the Wellesley students are mostly inaccurate for the depicted era. Students did not [...] D
Both Dominic West and Juliet Stevenson who play Americans slip and let their natural English accents [...] D
Early in the film, a modern supermarket shopping cart appears during a game. D
The film erroneously depicts Wellesley as the most conservative college in the nation. In fact, Well [...] D
The turntable tonearm is of late-1960s vintage. D
When Nancy Abbey watches Lucy ed io, the title card shows the famous heart-on-velvet, which was only [...] D
During Betty's wedding reception, Katherine, Nancy, and Bill sit at a table. Nancy walks into the sc [...] D
Katherine Watson is harassed for introducing modern art to her students. Wellesley was the first lib [...] D
The night Betty Warren learns of Amanda Armstrong's distributing contraception, she is planning her [...] D
When Katherine visits Joan's house to show her law school brochures, palm plants are in the front of [...] D
During the wedding reception, when Nancy explains to Katherine that her then boyfriend didn't die in [...] D
When President Carr dictates the invitation for Katherine's return to Wellesley, her secretary write [...] D
A scene depicts a teacher of ''poise and elocution'' explaining to Wellesley students how to set and [...] D
When Katherine Watson studies Joan Brandwyn's file, it reads Joan attended Miss Porters School in Lo [...] D
At the end when Betty is bicycling next to Katherine's cab, she should appear in the Cab's rear and [...] D
One young woman holds up a blue plastic diaphragm case. In the 1950s, diaphragm cases were cloth or [...] D
During the Maypole dance, the first shot of the maypole shows a tight pattern made at the top. In th [...] D
Katherine Watson says the Lascaux cave painting was discovered in 1879. It was actually discovered i [...] D
Katherine Watson tells her class that Vincent van Gogh never sold a painting during his lifetime. He [...] D
The "AR" (Adam's Rib) party is supposed to be at 5 PM. It's winter in New England, but broad dayligh [...] D
When Betty types her editorial against the school nurse, the narration says "... has been willingly [...] D
During the convocation assembly at the beginning of the film, President Carr wears a gown and tassel [...] D
During Katherine's talk with Stan, her drink alternates between nearly full and almost empty between [...] D
The night Giselle shows off her new diaphragm is the same night Betty mentions that her wedding is t [...] D
The first day of art history class, Katherine Watson brings in two black slide cases. When is class [...] D
Law schools started awarding "Juris Doctor" degrees in the 1960s. Before that, they awarded "Legum B [...] D
It only appears that Betty is not wearing her purple hat after graduation. As she walks down the ste [...] D
At the wedding, champagne is served in flute glasses. They were rarely used until the 1970s, when dr [...] D
There was no "lights out at 8 p.m." rule at Wellesley. In fact, students often played bridge and tal [...] D
During the slide show, Dr. Watson says "A Rhodes scholar. I wonder if she recites Geoffrey Chaucer w [...] D
When Doris Day's "Secret Love" plays, the record has a 1960s RCA Victor classical label. The album w [...] D
The slide of the Sistine Chapel in Katherine's Christmas present is a photo of the Chapel ceiling af [...] D
When Katherine walks along the outdoor corridor with the tile floor and columns, before Bill gives h [...] D
At the Adam's Rib party, Giselle is sitting in the window, with her hair parted in the middle and he [...] D
During Betty's wedding reception, the band plays a rousing number. The trumpets do not have mutes, b [...] D
When Katherine Watson gives Joan Brandwyn the Yale Law School application, "juris doctor" is misspel [...] D
Giselle runs early in the film. At one point, a microphone is visible, taped inside her shirt. D
The china Nancy Abbey uses for her etiquette class, "Prince Regent" by Royal Worcester, is inspired [...] D
When Katherine shows the first advertisement slide, she says "slide" without moving her mouth. D
The students depicted in the film, including extras, are almost all Caucasian. In 1953, Wellesley's [...] D