Lo specchio della vita

Titolo originale: Imitation of Life

1959
T
2h 5min

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7,8/10

18.748

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Un'aspirante attrice bianca fa amicizia con una vedova afroamericana, ma sorgono problemi quando quest'ultima viene rifiutata dalla figlia, che cerca di passare per bianca e vuole nascondere... Leggi tuttoUn'aspirante attrice bianca fa amicizia con una vedova afroamericana, ma sorgono problemi quando quest'ultima viene rifiutata dalla figlia, che cerca di passare per bianca e vuole nascondere i suoi origini.Un'aspirante attrice bianca fa amicizia con una vedova afroamericana, ma sorgono problemi quando quest'ultima viene rifiutata dalla figlia, che cerca di passare per bianca e vuole nascondere i suoi origini.

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Candidato a 2 Oscar
- 3 vittorie e 6 candidature totali

Quiz
This film, which focuses on the relationship struggles of mothers and daughters, was Lana Turner's first since a very public scandal involving Turner and her daughter Cheryl Crane. The previous year, the fourteen year old Crane had fatally stabbed Turner's boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato. Stompanato, part of Mickey Cohen's infamous gang, had been beating Turner, and the court ruled that Crane's actions were justifiable homicide. Nonetheless, the killing and subsequent scandal created a rift between Turner and her daughter, and seriously threatened to end Turner's film career. However, Turner channeled the pain from her experience into this film. It proved financially and critically successful, and served as a comeback vehicle for the actress.

Blooper
Susan Kohner's bedroom clock radio is unplugged throughout both its scenes, although she switches it on to music in the second scene.

Citazioni
Annie: How do you tell a child that she was born to be hurt?

Curiosità sui crediti
Juanita Moore, who plays Annie, is billed with the credit "And Presenting Juanita Moore as Annie Johnson", even though she had already appeared in many films.

Connessioni
Featured in Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk (1979)

Colonne sonore
Imitation of Life
Words by Paul Francis Webster
Music by Sammy Fain
Sung by Earl Grant

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"If we should ever pass on the street, please don't recognize me."

Lora Meredith, an attractive widow with theatrical aspirations, has lost her 6-year-old daughter, Susie, in the crowded beaches of Coney Island... She finally finds her in the care of Annie Johnson, a black woman, and her very light-skinned daughter, Sarah Jane, who had been playing with Susie Before long Annie goes to work as a maid for Lora and the two women become fast friends

Encouraged by an agent (Robert Alda), Lora gets a good role in a play by David Edwards In the years that follow, she becomes a successful Broadway actress and appears in one Edwards enormous hit But fame means work and work means neglecting Susie, now sixteen, who must bear the loneliness of a teenager whose mother is too busy being a star

A handsome photographer, Steve Archer (John Gavin), is the resolute, admiring love of Lora's life but he too must wait and suffer for her affection Meanwhile, Annie has big problems with her daughter Sarah Jane rejects her race, and refuses to accept she is black She disclaims her mother to camouflage her ancestry and eventually takes a decision with extremely drastic effect

"Imitation of Life" was an ideal tearjerker/soap opera for the major talents of Juanita Moore and Susan Kohner... Moore shined as the self-sacrificing mother so loving, honest and sincere Cleverly enough, Kohner projected unafraid sensualityBoth stars won Academy Award nominations as Best Supporting Actress