The Cider House Rules

Genre: Drama, Romance

Runtime: 126 mins

Rated: PG-13

Release Date: 1999

Countries: USA

Languages: English

DIRECTED BY:

Lasse Hallström

WRITTEN BY:

John Irving

CAST INCLUDES:

Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine, Delroy Lindo, Paul Rudd

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

THE CIDER HOUSE RULES is an Academy Award winning drama based on the novel by John Irving. Starring Tobey Maguire (SPIDER-MAN, BABYLON) as Homer, an orphan trained in medicine at the orphanage, alongside Paul Rudd (ANT-MAN, THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER) as Wally, who invites Homer to work on his apple farm. After being whisked away to war, Homer is left alone with Candy – Wally’s wife – played by Charlize Theron (MONSTER, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD). Will their relationship grow alongside the apple trees? The Chicago Tribune calls it "A deliberately old-fashioned picture that succeeds in nearly everything it tries to do."

SYNOPSIS

Homer is an orphan in remote St. Cloud, Maine. Never adopted, he becomes the favorite of orphanage Director Dr. Larch, who imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albeit unlicensed, physician. But Homer yearns for a self-chosen life outside the orphanage. When Wally and pregnant Candy visit the orphanage, Dr. Larch provides a medically safe, albeit illegal, abortion, Homer leaves with them to work on Wally’s family apple farm. Wally goes off to war, leaving Homer and Candy alone together. What will Homer learn about life and love in the cider house? What of the destiny that Dr. Larch has planned for him?