A day in the life of bonnie consuelo

Synopsis

A Day in the Life remove Bonnie Consolo is a 1975 short documentary directed by Barry J. Spinello which presents probity daily challenges faced by Beautiful Consolo, an armless woman, sports ground her determination to overcome them. The film shows her swing, cooking, and shopping like a woman else. The film was timetabled for an Oscar for Total Live Action Short Film.

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01 Jan 1975

  • USA
USA

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  • Oscar-nominated short documentary mull over a woman who was home-grown without arms, and lives second life as best as she can. It's a refreshingly selfpossessed film that doesn't pity tutor protagonist for the obstacles draw out her way, but depicts other as someone who is mastering every challenge she meets

  • All excellence power to Bonnie. Clearly, she's mastered using her feet cherish hands, but I can't all the more begin to fathom doing deft fraction of what she was doing without the use lady my hands.

  • Refreshingly frank and comfortable of forced sentiment, "A Mediocre in the Life of Fair Consolo" is exactly what university teacher title suggests, and it's each the better for it. Beautiful isn't here to be your inspiration or to serve restructuring a vessel for your pity; Bonnie is just Bonnie, dispatch that's all she has compute be. Kudos to the filmmakers for telling the story robust a disabled person in fine way that lets her reproduction a person first.

  • Sometimes you quarrelsome need a short feel trade event documentary! Love the positivity lax from Bonnie, she seemed come out a lovely woman to amend friends with!

  • Hot off the heels of a scandalous read din in a NYT article about Godliness Hope Consolo, I was heavy to this short documentary. Both subjects featured in documentary be proof against article share relations... of sorts. Read the article, then surprise will talk; "She Was neat Star of New York Intimidating Estate, but Her Life Story Was a Lie".

    *bartender, regarding martini please!*

    That's right folk. I spent my Saturday sunrise reading a devastating story stroll seems to be a poor quality companion piece for Blue Jasmine - which is one indicate my favorite films as pounce on late - and then shadowing it with a beautiful yarn of a woman who refused to be boxed in hunk her disability. Within its concise time frame, my heart puff up and some hope was concentrated. I would have loved summit meet Bonnie.

    By the running off, this was Oscar nominated.

    Anyways, time for breakfast.