Drama

The Body Beautiful

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This bold, stunning exploration of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her Black daughter who embarks on a modeling career reveals the profound effects of body image and the strain of racial and sexual identity on their charged, intensely loving bond. At the heart of Onwurah’s brave excursion into her mother’s scorned sexuality is a provocative interweaving of memory and fantasy. The filmmaker plumbs the depths of maternal strength and daughterly devotion in an unforgettable tribute starring her real-life mother, Madge Onwurah.

Release Date : 1991-10-03

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : BFI

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Narrator (voice) Mother/Herself

Original Name : Madge Onwurah

Gender : Female

Character Name : Narrator (voice) Daughter

Original Name : Rosie Rowell

Gender : Female

Character Name : The Daughter (as Sian Martin)

Original Name : Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Man

Original Name : Brian Bovell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Mother

Original Name : Maureen Douglass

Gender : Female

Character Name : Peter

Original Name : Valentine Nonyela

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Louis Altinson

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Linda Dobson

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Richard Gray

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Haley McKay

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Michael McKay

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Nina McKay

Gender : Male

Character Name : Model

Original Name : Saffron Burrows

Gender : Female

Character Name : Model

Original Name : Nadja Carr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Model

Original Name : Ann Parks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Model

Original Name : Jane Yeomans

Gender : Male

Character Name : Model

Original Name : Novlet

Gender : Male

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