Violet

Name: Violet
Director: Shelley Levinson
Released: 1981-01-01

1981 short film directed by Shelley Levinson

Filmshort filmQ7933208

Released: 1981
Director: Shelley Levinson
Producer: Paul Kemp
Cast: Didi Conn
Runtime: 10 min
Genre: drama film
Country of origin: Canada
Original language: English

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Violet is a 1981 American short film directed by Shelley Levinson and starring Didi Conn. It won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film in 1982. The film is based on the Doris Betts short story, "The Ugliest Pilgrim," first published in the collection Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories in 1973.

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Nominations: Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film(February 11, 1982) nominee: Paul Kemp, Shelley Levinson · statement is subject of: 54th Academy Awards
Title: Violet
Color: color

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