#Cider house rules movie#

Not surprisingly he returns to the orphanage to take his deceased mentor's place. The soldier came home paralyzed from war wounds and Homer had to face leaving his first love. The girl's father was not all bad he was crushed with shame and guilt. The black crew boss' young daughter was pregnant and she confessed that the father was BOLD>her Later it turns out that they had more serious troubles of their own. The apple pickers saw trouble coming but segregated themselves from the problems of the white folks. When the soldier went off to war, he fell in love with the girlfriend, who couldn't stand to being alone, and so they had a fling. He seemed to love the change and the fresh air, and as a gentle and benevolent kid he got along with everyone. They were going to the soldier's family's apple orchard, where Homer was given a job picking apples with an itinerant crew of blacks. He had a convertible and Homer hitched a ride to wherever they were going. Her soldier boyfriend was there to help pay and provide emotional support. He went with a young couple, the woman of which had an unwanted pregnancy and had an abortion. There came a time for the young man to leave the orphanage and seek his fortune, at least to explore the outside world for the first time. Dr Larch was angry at his refusal, attributed it to his youth, inexperience and lack of worldly wisdom. He was against abortion for deeply personal reasons, even as he had experience and coaching by a skilled and dedicated abortionist. He probably refused on the basis that if he had been aborted back when, because he wasn't wanted, he wouldn't be alive today, a conclusion which makes a certain sense.

#Cider house rules movie#

Near the beginning of the movie he asked the young man to do the abortion himself one time, but he refused. Hoping his charge would succeed him, he forged a medical degree. Dr Larch insisted that he was better trained in the art of abortion than any formally trained medical student, and he was probably right. He called him 'doctor' as a young man, an appelation Homer rejected, because he didn't go to medical school, didn't have a degree. He trained Homer to be his assistant in the operating room, tutored him in all the details of being a doctor. He knew that if he didn't do the abortion with anesthesia and under sterile conditions, they would hurt themselves one way or the other, which could lead to maiming and death. And so he practiced abortions on the side, raising money for the orphanage and doing desperate women a service in those days, the thirties and forties.

Only the doctor, an aging Michael Caine, felt bad about these orphans who were not wanted, and especially for the young women who died in the back alleys and from punctures by crocheting hooks. Repica Rolex The orphanage was run by this kindly doctor and his kindly nurse assistants, who took care of their charges in the most compassionate way. The good doctor Larch adopted a likeable young boy named Homer Wells after two sets of adoptive parents returned him to the orphanage. At lights-out he salutes them: 'Good night, you princes of Maine - you kings of New England!' Larch is an old-fashioned progressive who would be a secular saint were it not for a few flaws, such as snuggling with his nurses and addicting himself to ether. Larch, who rules benevolently, is beloved by his staff and orphans. Cloud's, Maine, where you go to 'add a child to your life, or leave one behind.' Dr. This year 'Cider House Rules' after the novel by John Irving, tackles the abortion question in an even more incisive way, staying with strong characters with deep convictions and following their growth in wisdom through the years. We wished her good luck, but worried for her. She became a poster-girl, a political football, a symbol first for one and then the other, until finally she got out of the middle to try to become her own person. As a result, she was caught up in the pro-life movement, which for her became a group of religious zealots, and then a pro-choice group, which was also filled with extremists. She was a rebel and did not like what they asked her to do.

The authorities booked her and let her go with the understanding that she would get an abortion, as she was an unfit mother and her habit could damage the child within her body. Actress Laura Dern was a glue-sniffer, a down and out young woman who found herself pregnant. Last year the movie 'Citizen Ruth' portrayed the abortion controversy in vivid detail. 'CIDER HOUSE RULES- The Abortion Controversy