Chantilly Lace

Chantilly Lace (1993)

Sometimes the most powerful friendships are held together by only a thread.

A group of middle-aged women get together at a secluded house to learn about themselves.

Date of release
1993-07-18
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Drama, TV Movie
Director
Linda Yellen
Collection
Chantilly Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Utah

Chantilly Lace is a 1993 American made-for-television drama film shot in Sundance, Utah, for the Showtime Network and eventually released on video via Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. The film was directed by Linda Yellen and features dialogue that was largely improvised by its ensemble cast. It had its television premiere on Showtime on July 18, 1993.

Production

Inspired by Christa Wolf's Cassandra, Yellen said she originally conceived of Chantilly Lace because of the preponderance of "incomplete roles for women, who are sketched instead of developed" in the movie business. She further developed it at the Sundance Film Institute, while Showtime provided production financing.

Yellen worked from a 40-page outline — instead of a screenplay — to extract improvisation from her performers.

The film, often compared to The Big Chill, was shot over eight days. Parts of the film were shot at the Sundance Institute in Provo Canyon, Utah. The two-hour film was composed from 28 hours' worth of film.

In addition to its all-female ensemble cast, the film is considered notable for the complete absence of any men in the film whatsoever, except for the brief appearance of a pizza-delivery man who remains faceless to the camera. This choice led critics to compare the film to George Cukor's The Women, another production that was notable for its absence of male characters.

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