"Death to her face": actors, roles and plot
"Death to her face" refers to the genre of burlesquecomedies with elements of black humor. The film was shot in 1992, when there was no computer graphics yet. This makes the film a real work of art, because all the special effects were created by the savvy and imagination of the film crew. Actors of the film "Death to her face" proved to be professionals of their craft.
"Death to her face": the beginning of the film
The story is as old as the world. The two best friends still from the school bench are the main characters of the comedy "Death to her face." Actors were casting, at the head of the jury was personally Robert Zemeckis. Madeline Ashton becomes an actress of the Broadway theater, Helen Sharp chooses writing activities in her field. Years pass, and two friends meet at one of the unsuccessful performances of Madeline. Helen appears in her dressing room with her fiance Ernest, who immediately pays attention to a beautiful woman. After a while, Madeline and Ernest get married, and the modest and ordinary-looking Helen is left alone.
"Death to her face": continuation
The following events occur in seven yearsafter the wedding. Helen lives alone with cats, becomes fat and untidy. Her apartment looks like a garbage dump. A woman watches movies with Madeline Ashton and hates her with all her soul. Hatred brings Helen to a psychiatric hospital, where she is diagnosed as an obsession. There, a woman comes to revenge a friend.
The following events occur in another seven years. We see the chic mansion of Mrs. Ashton. Madeline panically afraid of looking old. He sleeps in a separate bedroom under all sorts of masks. A new wrinkle is already a disaster. Ernest, a successful plastic surgeon in the past, is currently engaged in what prepares the dead for the upcoming burial. His "beloved" wife, he secretly calls "it."
Next comes an invitation to a party, an occasionwhich is a new book by Helen Sharp. Madeline hurries to the beauty salon to show an ugly friend that the world still revolves around her alone. When she is refused re-blood transfusion, one of the managers gives her a strange business card. The man promises that it will look irresistible after meeting the hostess of the business card. But Madeline takes everything for a cruel joke and leaves. In the evening at the reception, she and Ernest see Helen shining and slender, Madeline eats out envy.
That same evening, Madeline enters the house of a mysteriousLizl von Rouman. For a lot of money, she sells Madeline an elixir of eternal youth. And at the same time Helen convinces Ernest to kill his wife and start all over again with her. The man refuses, but after an unplanned quarrel accidentally kills Madeline. In a few minutes, she comes to life, and Ernest scared to death his wife with a broken neck. She does not have a pulse, she becomes pale, like a dead person. Madeline's husband is a fine make-up artist, he paints her body so that nothing is noticeable.
Soon Helen comes, she and Ernesttry to discuss the current situation. Their dispute is heard by Madeline and shoots a friend with a gun. But she does not die from the wound. They fight and then realize that this does not make sense. After all, both women are immortal. Then quite an unexpected turn takes action in the film "Death to her face." Actors and roles performed by them, do not cease to amaze.
"Death to her face": an unhappy end
Madeline and Helen are reconciled. And they try to give Ernest a drink with an elixir so that he paints their mutilated bodies. He runs away from mad women and begins his life from scratch. "In fifty years, life is just beginning," - so says the priest at the funeral of Ernest. The last thirty-seven years the man has lived a full happy life, and two friends stay together, breaking into pieces.
"Death to her face": actors
The role of her husband was played by Bruce Willis. This actor was shot in a large number of militants, but also coped with the black comedy with a bang. This brutal man could easily play a spineless, timid doctor. Ernest as a man is very easy to manipulate, which shows his actions throughout the film. He loves each of his women in his own way. And only at the end he realizes that he does not need both.
Although if Madeline had not intervened in their relationship,she and Helen could have a wonderful family. In turn, Helen, having forgiven the groom and girlfriend, could also build happiness in her life. In the end it turned out, the girlfriends stand each other.
Meryl Streep is considered one of the most talentedactresses of Hollywood. She has a large number of film awards, including three statuettes of the Oscar. Her Madeline causes both anger and pity. She managed to spoil life not only for herself, but for the closest people. Madeline is so afraid of old age that she can only sympathize. This beautiful strong woman could spend her potential on something more worthwhile.
Goldie Hawn performed the role of Helen unequaledlySharpe. During her life this woman, who has not only external but also inner beauty, has appeared in dozens of paintings. Has several awards "Oscar". Like her character, the actress has the talent of a writer. Goldie Hawn is the organizer of the charity fund "Foundation Houn", which is aimed at the development of children and recommendations to parents. Later she published her own book "Comprehensive development of the child for 10 minutes a day." Her character is an intelligent and educated woman. And if at the beginning of the film we observe the beauty of the inner world of Helen, then in 14 years she changes it to a beautiful cover.
"Death to her face": awards
The film premiered on July 31, 1992. The comedy with the black humor "Death to her face" took its rightful place in the open spaces of the cinema. Actors and photos shone in all the newspapers and magazines across the continent. And of course, the film received its laurels: the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for Meryl Streep, the British Academy Award for Best Effects, the Saturn Award for Best Women's role of the second plan.
