02-06-2023, 08:15 AM
Entry on behalf of Ecclesiastical Dominions
Region: IDU
Film Title, Language, Run Time: "Little Betty" Italian 110 Minutes
Nomination Category/Categories: Best Picture, Best Supporting Performance (Beth Hope)
Cast: Dawn Hiller as Bonny, Perry Stabler as Ralph, Beth Hope as Rose, DaMarkis Williams as Buster, and Introducing Hannah Tyler as Claire
Director: Maria Jozef
Synopsis: Bonny and Ralph are a typical Ecclesian couple from the suburbs of Vaticanus who have just been told by their doctor that they will never be able to conceive children. Heartbroken and distraught, they fight with and blame each other for their feelings of disappointment. Ralph angerly fires an employee for a minor infraction, and Bonny confesses to her parish priest that she wants to travel abroad for fertility treatments, which are illegal in Ecclesiastical Dominions. After much soul searching, the couple eventually learn to console one another and decide to grow their family through adoption. Meanwhile in the dusty rural plains of Eastern Ecclesiastical Dominions, pregnant Rose and her common law husband Buster are told by a local magistrate they have been found unfit as parents for a third time, and thus are prohibited from raising the baby Rose is carrying. Heartbroken and enraged, Rose storms out of the courtroom as Buster slinks away to a bar and starts a fight. Rose tries in vain to board a bus out of the country, but ends up being arrested for attempting to use a stolen credit card (picked from her court-appointed lawyer's pocket). One day Claire, a long suffering social worker, informs Bonny and Ralph, that they have been selected as adoptive parents by Rose, over the objections of Buster who is in jail. Rose has difficulty making up her mind about the adoption and is about to back out when she unexpectedly goes into labor six weeks premature. As Bonny and Ralph rush to the hospital to see if this glimmer of hope will be their shot at raising a child after all. Eventually the baby is born, and Rose names her "Little Betty." Little Betty is born with opioids in her system and requires several natal intensive care. At different times, Bonny, Ralph, Rose, and Buster all make visits to the NICU and each says a prayer for the baby, whose life hangs by a thread. At last Little Betty miraculously recovers, Rose and Buster agree to the adoption, and Bonny and Ralph take the baby home. Claire reflects on how miracles do happen, each and every day.
Briefly, explain why this picture/performance/director/design is nominated:
Movies produced in Ecclesiastical Dominions require the imprimatur's approval before they can be released and therefore require certain elements of Church teaching to be positively portrayed in movies. Although Dawn Hiller's performance as Bonny moved audiences to tears, the actress was married outside the Church and thus was ineligible to be nominated for any honor. Beth Hope's strong performance as the troubled birth mother was good enough, though, and so she was nominated for best supporting performance. This is the first time in recent memory that actor being nominated wasn't a male. It seems even in deeply patriarchical Ecclesiastical Dromions, the glass ceiling is cracking a little.
Nomination Form
Nation: Ecclesiastical DominionsRegion: IDU
Film Title, Language, Run Time: "Little Betty" Italian 110 Minutes
Nomination Category/Categories: Best Picture, Best Supporting Performance (Beth Hope)
Cast: Dawn Hiller as Bonny, Perry Stabler as Ralph, Beth Hope as Rose, DaMarkis Williams as Buster, and Introducing Hannah Tyler as Claire
Director: Maria Jozef
Synopsis: Bonny and Ralph are a typical Ecclesian couple from the suburbs of Vaticanus who have just been told by their doctor that they will never be able to conceive children. Heartbroken and distraught, they fight with and blame each other for their feelings of disappointment. Ralph angerly fires an employee for a minor infraction, and Bonny confesses to her parish priest that she wants to travel abroad for fertility treatments, which are illegal in Ecclesiastical Dominions. After much soul searching, the couple eventually learn to console one another and decide to grow their family through adoption. Meanwhile in the dusty rural plains of Eastern Ecclesiastical Dominions, pregnant Rose and her common law husband Buster are told by a local magistrate they have been found unfit as parents for a third time, and thus are prohibited from raising the baby Rose is carrying. Heartbroken and enraged, Rose storms out of the courtroom as Buster slinks away to a bar and starts a fight. Rose tries in vain to board a bus out of the country, but ends up being arrested for attempting to use a stolen credit card (picked from her court-appointed lawyer's pocket). One day Claire, a long suffering social worker, informs Bonny and Ralph, that they have been selected as adoptive parents by Rose, over the objections of Buster who is in jail. Rose has difficulty making up her mind about the adoption and is about to back out when she unexpectedly goes into labor six weeks premature. As Bonny and Ralph rush to the hospital to see if this glimmer of hope will be their shot at raising a child after all. Eventually the baby is born, and Rose names her "Little Betty." Little Betty is born with opioids in her system and requires several natal intensive care. At different times, Bonny, Ralph, Rose, and Buster all make visits to the NICU and each says a prayer for the baby, whose life hangs by a thread. At last Little Betty miraculously recovers, Rose and Buster agree to the adoption, and Bonny and Ralph take the baby home. Claire reflects on how miracles do happen, each and every day.
Briefly, explain why this picture/performance/director/design is nominated:
Movies produced in Ecclesiastical Dominions require the imprimatur's approval before they can be released and therefore require certain elements of Church teaching to be positively portrayed in movies. Although Dawn Hiller's performance as Bonny moved audiences to tears, the actress was married outside the Church and thus was ineligible to be nominated for any honor. Beth Hope's strong performance as the troubled birth mother was good enough, though, and so she was nominated for best supporting performance. This is the first time in recent memory that actor being nominated wasn't a male. It seems even in deeply patriarchical Ecclesiastical Dromions, the glass ceiling is cracking a little.
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