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Release Date:
1st January 1998
Director:
Julia Dyer
Cert: 15
Cast:
Connie Nelson, Dee Hennigan, Esteban Powell, Joe Nemmers
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Extras:
None
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High School Basketball coach and Maths teacher Dinah falls for School Secretary Carly after some one-on-one coaching. Their blossoming relationship upsets the whole community.
Late Bloomers is a humourus, romantic drama that tells the story of two middle aged ordinary women who unexpectedly fall in love. Carly is married with two kids and works as the school secretary. Dinah is the single, lonely maths teacher who coaches the girls basketball team. They both work at Eleanor Rossevelt High School in a straight-laced Texan community.
They have known of each other for a while but their paths have never crossed until Carly hears a rumour that Dinah is having an affair with her husband who also works on the school staff.
Carly confronts Dinah after a session of basketball practice to dispel the gossip. One-on-one tution on the court, leads to an impulsive kiss it then dawns on them that they are attracted to each other. As their relationship blossoms the reaction of family, friends and the community is anything but charitable.
Late Bloomers creates a timely story in which is woven the nation of family, gay relationships, and raises the barrier of gay marriage.
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