White Oleander tells the story of Astrid, a girl whose journey through a series of foster homes - each its own story with its own laws, its own hard lessons to be learned - becomes a journey of self-discovery.
After her uncompromising but seductive mother Ingrid (Michelle Pfeiffer) kills her boyfriend for abandoning her, fifteen year old Astrid (beautiful Alison Lohman) witnesses her mother's arrest. It's an event that will change the course of both their lives. Suddenly, young Astrid is on her own. Shuttled through a series of foster homes (and foster mothers including Robin Wright Penn and Renee Zellweger). She tries desperately to forge her own identity within her ever-changing environment. From behind bars, Ingrid's powerful influence is the only constant in Astrid's life.
In the three years that mark her passage from child to adult, Astrid must learn the value of independence and courage, rage and forgiveness, love and survival, to earn her freedom from the past.
It's such a moving movie/ storyline that i Cried myself through it. And this was the second time I saw it. It's a very beautiful movie, too about the strong bond one has with ones mother. And for those who does not get that, it will be a neverending search for just that.
Go Rent if you have not seen it.
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oh no!!! so sorry to hear that.
xx
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