Zelly & Me

Zelly & Me (1988)

"Zelly Never Made Me Choose Between Being Loved and Being Me..."

A young orphan who lives with her grandmother in a large Virginian home infatuates herself with the voices of Joan d'Arc. Her French nanny seeks out the help of a rich suitor to take her and the orphan away when she realizes that the grandmother cannot offer the orphan the love that she needs.

Date of release
1988-04-15
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Drama
Director
Tina Rathborne

Casting

Interesting facts

Zelly and Me is a 1988 American drama film written, directed and produced by Tina Rathborne and starring Isabella Rossellini, Glynis Johns and Alexandra Johnes. Filmmaker David Lynch features in a minor role.

Production

Zelly and Me was the first film by writer and director Tina Rathborne. The film was greenlit by David Puttnam during his tenure as head of Columbia Pictures, and was based on Rathborne's own childhood. Rathborne cast Rossellini's real-life partner David Lynch in a small role in the film, as Rossellini's character's lover. As a result, Lynch would later offer Rathborne the opportunity to direct for his 1990 television series Twin Peaks.

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