Antonia's Line (1995)

After World War II, Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, go back to their Dutch hometown, where Antonia's late mother has bestowed a small farm upon her. There, Antonia settles down and joins a tightly-knit but unusual community. Those around her include quirky friend Crooked Finger, would-be suitor Bas and, eventually for Antonia, a granddaughter and great-granddaughter who help create a strong family of empowered women. underdog, mentally disabled, suicide, right and justice, rape, free love, parent child relationship, loss of loved one, village life, philosophy, widow, freedom, peasant, village, world war ii, mathematics, feminism, indian summer , family history, single, male homosexuality, domestic violence, university, woman director