Crimes of the Heart 1986

Overview

Crimes of the Heart is a 1986 American independent Southern Gothic black comedy drama film. The picture was directed by Bruce Beresford from a screenplay written by Beth Henley, who adapted her own Pulitzer Prize winning 1979 play. The story follows three sisters who try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide. The film belongs to the comedy and drama genres and runs for one hour and forty-five minutes with a PG-13 rating. The theatrical release in the United States occurred on December 12, 1986. The narrative features three sisters with quite different personalities and lives who reunite after the youngest sister, Babe, shoots her husband. In the lives of the siblings, Meg just left a relationship, Lenny never had one and has been taking care of their grandfather while turning into an old maid, and Meg aspires to make it in Hollywood as a singer and actress following a wild, man-filled life.