Review of The Color Purple (1985) by Filipeneto — 27 Jun 2018

Based on a book, the film tells the life of a young black woman who lived a good part of her life being brutalized by her father and her husband. This is a Spielberg movie, starring Whoopi Goldberg as the protagonist.

Its story, touching and powerful, directly confronts the racism and machismo of a more conservative America. It's an exciting film, although the director makes a huge effort to avoid sentimentality (not always with success).

Goldberg also shone, was totally at the level of the character in front of us, and proved to be extremely versatile, especially if we consider her to be an actress more accustomed to humor characters or a considerably more pronounced personality than Celie Johnson, a A woman clearly traumatized and accustomed to keeping her head down.

Very different is the character who stunned the yet-unknown Oprah: Margaret Avery also came downstairs and knew what it was like to beat a man but her strong personality taught her to fight back. A final word for the scenarios, careful and detailed, appropriate to the time portrayed.