Astrid is a twelveyearold girl who lives with her beautiful mother, ingrid, a poet. Throughout nearly a decade, she experiences forbidden love, religion, neardeath experiences, drugs, starvation, and how it feels to be loved. Sentenced to life in prison, she promises her daughter that she will come back. The white oleander of the title is michelle pfeiffers ingrid. Plot summary white oleander chronicles the life of astrid alison lohman, a young teenager who journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother michelle. In each of the homes astrid is exposed to a new female influnce as she builds an identity for herself, apart from the woman whos shadow shes walked in all her life. It was directed by peter kosminsky and is based on the novel of the same name. A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion. White oleander a touching story of abandonment and adaption. Oct 11, 2002 white oleander chronicles the life of astrid alison lohman, a teenager who journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother michelle pfeiffer goes to prison for committing a crime of passion. Sep 19, 20 a harrowing, comingofage story based on the best selling novel by janet fitch. The book was selected for oprahs book club in may 1999, after which it became a national bestseller. It is a comingofage story about a child astrid who is separated from her mother ingrid and placed in a series of foster homes.
White oleander is a 2002 american drama film directed by peter kosminsky. Set adrift in the world, astrid struggles to become her own person while coming to terms with the challenges of living life on her own. Although astrid is with her mother, her mother acts as if she is alone. The deep end of the ocean is a film about a familys reaction when ben, the youngest son is kidnapped and. White oleander chronicles the life of astrid alison lohman, a teenager who journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother michelle pfeiffer goes to prison for committing a crime of passion. Ingrid pfeiffer is a photographer who falls in love with a man named barry kolker billy connolly. White oleander is a 1999 novel by american author janet fitch. She is sent to prison for life, and astrid has to go through. Alison lohman at an event for white oleander 2002 michelle pfeiffer at an event for white oleander 2002. White oleander quotes quotes tagged as whiteoleander showing of 37 in a perverse way, i was glad for the stitches, glad it would show, that there would be scars. For revenge, ingrid murders barry with the deadly poison of her favorite flower.
Plot summary for white oleander 2002, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. Twelveyearold astrid alison lohman the thirteenth floor, tvs pasadena. It was later made into a movie in 2002 titled white oleander. The character of the mother, ingrid, displays many qualities of a narcissist while daughter astrid displays traits of post traumatic stress disorder. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes.
It stars alison lohman, michelle pfeiffer, robin wright penn and renee zellweger. Alison lohman, michelle pfeiffer, robin wright penn. The white oleander community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. A drama which chronicles the life of astrid, a young teenager who journeys through a series of foster. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of white oleander by janet fitch.
Granted, it does star michelle pfeiffer, renee zellweger and the main star of the movie, alison lohman. Ingrid kills him by going to mexico and buying a drug. Based on the sametitled novel by janet fitch, white oleander tells the story of a teenage girl alison lohman struggling to survive in foster homes while her freespirited mother michelle phieffer is in prison for having murdered her lover with the poisonous flower white oleander. After ingrid magnussen, a stunningly beautiful poet with hair so blond it seems a white flame, dispatches a faithless lover with poison from. This study guide consists of approximately 70 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of white oleander. The cast features alison lohman in the central role of astrid magnussen, and michelle pfeiffer as her temperamental mother ingrid, alongside robin wright, renee zellweger and billy connolly in supporting roles. Ending spoiler for white oleander 2002, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. Based on janet finchs bestselling novel, white oleander loses itself in one girls desperate journey through adolescence, foster homes and abuse. White oleander is an epochpastoral poem in the guise of a novel, a romantics dream, a metaphysical masterpiece and yet underneath the beauty of language lies a gritty, edgy story of pain, lost hope, longing, desire and need. Another film about the agonies of growing up, but made with hollywood stars and encompassed with a sheen and gloss that somehow dissipates the force of its argument. White oleander recounts the traumatic adolescence of astrid magnusson alison lohman, who finds herself an orphan after her shortfused, enigmatic artist mother ingrid michelle pfeiffer is carted off to prison on murder charges. The film takes the materials of human tragedy and dresses them in lovely costumes, southern california locations and star power. Differences between white oleander book vs movie page 2. Ingrid is a poet who falls in love with a man named barry kolker.
The cast stars alison lohman in the central role of astrid magnussen and michelle pfeiffer as her personalitydisordered, murderous, manipulative mother, ingrid, with robin wright, noah wyle and renee zellweger in supporting roles. Based on the novel by janet fitch, white oleander can easily be dismissed as a chick flick solely based on the cast. White oleander is a complex, sad, psychological drama. Feb 21, 2012 a highly regarded inclusion to oprahs book club, janet fitchs international bestselling novel white oleander is a heartbreaking study of manipulation and the conviction of love in a life filled. White oleander simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Since her father left before she was old enough to remember him, astrid depends heavily upon the care of her passionate but largely selfcentered mother. With michelle pfeiffer, renee zellweger, robin wright, alison lohman. However he is not loyal to her and sees other women. White oleander tells a sad story of crime and foster homes, and makes it look like the movie version. It basically says that everyone comes from some level of dysfunctional family which, of course, is not true. The movie s poster shows four womens faces side by side, all blindingly blond.
White oleander is a 2002 american drama movie set in california. Janet fitch is the author of the novels white oleander little brown, 1999, an oprah book club selection translated into 24 languages and made into a feature motion picture, paint it black little, brown 2006, also widely translated and made into a feature film, and the revolution of marina m. Eventually, ingrid discovers that barry is cheating on her with younger women, so she breaks into barrys house and poisons him with a mixture of dmso and oleander sap. White oleander empathy without understanding by rebecca loh arts editor written by janet fitch little, brown and company, 1999, 390 pp. White oleander is a story that follows a young womans journey from innocence lost, to hardship, maturity and true independence from a manipulative and. The oprah book club bestseller by janet fitch makes it to the big screen in this adaptation from british director peter kosminsky.
White oleander movie simple english wikipedia, the. Astrid is only 15 when her brilliant, artistic, passionate, inflexible mom is arrested for killing her cheating lover. References to suicide, murder, violence, adultery, underage fornication, alcoholism, and antichristian bigotry, mar the movie. She lives with her mother, ingrid magnussen, and what memory is left of her father, klaus. Little, brown 2017 set during the years of the russian revolution.
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