Violet (1981)
Badly scarred in a childhood accident, Violet boards a bus in North Carolina on a pilgrimage to Oklahoma to visit a TV preacher, the one that heals. On the bus, she meets two soldiers on their way to Fort Smith. The film won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film in 1982.
- Date of release
- 1981-01-01
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 31m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Shelley Levinson
Casting
- Didi Conn — Violet
- Patrick Dollaghan — Monty
- Rodney Saulsberry — Flick
- Thomas McGowan — Dr. Pleasance
- Belle Richter — Mrs. Higgins
Interesting facts
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
Violet is a 1981 American short film directed by Shelley Levinson and starring Didi Conn. It won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film in 1982. The film is based on the Doris Betts short story, "The Ugliest Pilgrim," first published in the collection Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories in 1973.
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