Dalva (TV 1996)

When she was a teenager, a woman got pregnant and wound up giving up the baby up for adoption. Now, 30 years later, she sets out to find her now-grown child.

Director:

Ken Cameron

Writers:

Jim Harrison (book), Judith Paige Mitchell (teleplay)

Stars:

Farrah Fawcett, Carroll Baker, Powers Boothe

Cast

Credited cast:
Farrah Fawcett	...	Dalva Northridge
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carroll Baker	...	Naomi
Powers Boothe	...	Sam
Jesse Borrego	...	Duane Stonehorse
Shawn Cady	...	Young Dalva
Joy Carlin
Peter Coyote	...	Michael
Jace Dillard
Nicholas B. Guerrero
Laurel Holloman	...	Karen
Will Marchetti
Salina Monti
Gabriel Negrete
Rufus Norris
Luis Saguar

Storyline

When she was a teenager, a woman got pregnant and wound up giving up the baby up for adoption. Now, 30 years later, she sets out to find her now-grown child.

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Plot Keywords:

adoption | historian | family relationships | search for son | incest | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 March 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dalva - O Desafio de uma Mulher

Company Credits

Production Co:

Goldsmith Entertainment Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Please ignore this film and read the book.

"Dalva" is based on an outstanding novel by one of the US's best writers, Jim Harrison. Whoever put this movie together had no idea what the book was about nor how shallow his mind was. Harrison managed a remarkable feat by writing a fun, exciting, sexy, history-encompassing novel from a woman's point of view. And it's set in Western Nebraska. Now who else has done that?

The book contains no clichés, no stereotypic characters, no embarrassing bits of dialogue. The film is built on these qualities. I'm sure excellent actors like Powers Boothe, Peter Coyote, and Rod Steiger read the book and said "Let's do this!" I doubt they knew Farrah Fawcett was going to play the lead nor that Mitchell (author of "Club Med") was writing the script.

The scenery in the film is OK, but the novel "Dalva" contains some of the best descriptions you'll ever read. If you think Farrah is the best actress you know of, watch the movie. You'll find it cute and romantic. If you have a brain, read the book and check out Boothe or Steiger or Coyote in lots of other films.

This film is like making a swimming pool out of the Pacific Ocean. It's an insult to the author of "Legends of the Fall" and many other outstanding books.