Waterland (1992) (MOD)

Waterland (1992) (MOD)Jeremy Irons delivers a brilliant performance in this powerful and provocative motion picture. Irons portrays disillusioned history professor Tom Crick, who, in an age of cynicism and despair, inspires his students to embrace the past and discover the marvels and mysteries of life. For his final lecture, Crick tells the history of the English marshlands known as The Fens. He spins a tale that begins before World War I and encompasses his family

and twin sister

A genteel ladies' art institute is definitely no place for a free thinker

a right hook to the wrong chin

when Orietta's innocent young sister (Christine Kaufmann) is ordered to marry Captain Hugo (Fausto Tozzi)

the shopkeeper

Taylor digs in his heels and eventually finds support from his less hidebound fellow executives

Raymond Avila (Richard Y�iguez) is an ex-gang member trying to build a future

his deputy Vic Moretti's already strained marriage now under pressure with another unwelcome return from her Philadelphia past

Golden Globe® and a National Board of Review Award for her delightful performance) is determined to save her ancestral manor

might just as well be hailed here as the find of the year

Pull up a chair and dig in

John Lobert