Loving Annabelle (2006)

Director:

Katherine Brooks

Writers:

Olivia Bohnhoff (additional screenplay)
Katherine Brooks (writer)

Release Date:

24 May 2007 (Germany)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

One Student... One teacher... One secret.

Plot:

Annabelle is the wise-beyond-her-years newcomer to an exclusive Catholic girls school. Having been expelled...

Plot Keywords:

Teacher | Denial | Schoolgirl | Breasts | Nun

Awards:

10 wins

Cast

Erin Kelly	...	Annabelle
Diane Gaidry	...	Simone Bradley
Laura Breckenridge	...	Colins
Michelle Horn	...	Kristen
Gustine Fudickar	...	Cat Pegrum
Ilene Graff	...	Mother Immaculata
Markus Flanagan	...	Michael
Karen Teliha	...	Sister Claire
Marla Maples	...	Lauren
Greg Joelson	...	Barry
Wendy Schaal	...	Senator Tillman (as Wendy Schall)
Greg Carroll	...	Senator's Aid
Shawn Thompson	...	Senator's Aid
Leslie Andrews	...	Martha (as Lesli Andrews)
Austin Highsmith	...	Schoolgirl

Runtime:

76 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Australia:MA | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Marymount High School - 10643 W. Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Divine Light Pictures

Trivia:

In the scene when Annabelle leaves the end-of-year ball with St. Peters to retrieve her guitar and the music for a song she wrote earlier, a poster is plainly visible on the wall above her bedside table, featuring the band that originally wrote and performed the song she is about to sing.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In the classroom when Simone takes the note from Cat, you can see the microphone on the inside of Cat's shirt.

Quotes:

Annabelle: [Trailing a finger up Simone's collarbone] Do I make you nervous?

Movie Connections:

Remake of Mädchen in Uniform (1931)

Soundtrack:

Awake Again

Amazing time with "Annabelle" in San Jose!

After hearing the "buzz" surrounding this movie, I finally got my chance to see Loving Annabelle at its premiere in San Jose this weekend (hooray for my girlfriend for scoring tickets to the sold out show!) I've never written a review before but I really dig this movie, so I will do my best! My initial reaction after watching was....they finally got it right, more specifically, writer Katherine Brooks got it right.

I've never really been a fan of "lesbian" movies because I could never get into the story lines or characters; they've all seemed a bit over the top. The only movie I could actually relate to up until now was "All Over Me" If you haven't seen it...go rent it!! Loving Annabelle is such a straightforward love story that fortunately doesn't involve lesbian circus performers or travelin' hippie painters. It's an amazing, well-written story that I can relate to being the product of Catholic schooling. The best part...the super hot sex scene! Now, now yes it was HOT but I loved it because like the movie, it to was straightforward, passionate, necessary. Thank god there weren't any crazy camera angles, I mean lesbians have sex!! so thank you Katherine Brooks for not showing just a hand run up and down a body...that would have been sooo boring and unrealistic!! I give this movie 2 thumbs way up for giving me something I can relate to, for being such a straightforward story about love, letting go, putting happiness first, etc.

Now as an added bonus, since it was the premiere I was able to nervously chat with writer/director Katherine Brooks and the 2 leads (ALL HOT by the way) and they were all so super cool so it makes the movie that much more enjoyable