Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (film)
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| Directed by | Callie Khouri |
| Produced by | Bonnie Bruckheimer Hunt Lowry Bette Midler |
| Screenplay by |
Mark Andrus (Adaptation) Callie Khouri |
| Story by | Rebecca Wells (Novel) |
| Starring |
Sandra Bullock Ellen Burstyn Ashley Judd Fionnula Flanagan Shirley Knight James Garner Maggie Smith |
| Music by |
T-Bone Burnett David Mansfield |
| Cinematography | John Bailey |
| Edited by | Andrew Marcus |
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Gaylord Films
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time
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116 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $27 million |
| Box office | $73,839,240 |
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is a 2002 American comedy-drama film starring an ensemble cast headed by Sandra Bullock, directed and written by Callie Khouri. It is based on Rebecca Wells' novel of the same name and its prequel collection of short stories, Little Altars Everywhere.
The film opens in 1937 Louisiana with four little girls out in the woods at night, each wearing a home-made headdress. The leader, Viviane Abbott (Caitlin Wachs), initiates them into a secret order she dubs the "Ya-Ya Sisterhood," which they seal by cutting their palms and taking a blood oath of undying loyalty.
The film then moves to New York City in the 1990s, where Viviane's eldest daughter, playwright Siddalee Walker (Sandra Bullock), while overseeing production of her newest release, gives an interview with a reporter from Time, mentioning her unhappy childhood as a major source of inspiration for her work. The reporter sensationalizes Sidda's complaint, implying abuse and deep, dark family secrets.
Vivi (Ellen Burstyn) reads the article and becomes extremely upset. She calls Sidda, but instead of speaking can only bang the phone on the table while crying that she is dead to her. Sidda, equally frustrated by her mother's behavior, also bangs her phone against the counter after Vivi has hung up on her. Much to the frustration of her fiancé, Connor McGill (Angus Macfadyen), Sidda takes her mother's behavior as a declaration of all-out war. Vivi takes down all the pictures of Sidda in her house, cuts her face out of family pictures, and mails the defaced pictures to Sidda, along with a copy of her will with Sidda's name marked out. Sidda in turn sends Vivi a newly printed wedding invitation with the time and place cut out, plus torn-up tickets to her play.
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