The Virgin Suicides

The Virgin Suicides is a 1999 American drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola, produced by her father Francis Ford Coppola, starring James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, and A.J. Cook. Based on the novel of the same name by Jeffrey Eugenides, the film tells of the events surrounding the suicides of five sisters in an upper-middle class suburb of Detroit during the 1970s. After the youngest sister attempts suicide,... More

Initial release date:

  • May 19, 1999

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Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 37 min

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Also known as:

  • The Virgin Suicides,
  • As Virgens Suicidas,
  • Las vírgenes suicidas,
  • Virgin Suicides,
  • Öngyilkos szüzek,
  • Cri ultime,
  • Aftoheires parthenoi,
  • Il giardino delle vergini suicide,
  • Das Geheimnis ihres Todes,
  • Süütud enesetapud,
  • Las virgenes suicidas,
  • Przeklenstwa niewinnosci,
  • Samoubistvo devica,
  • Masumiyetin Intihari,
  • The Virgin Suicides - Verlorene Jugend,
  • Virgin suicides - kauniina kuolleet,
  • Smrt panen,
  • Sofia Coppola's the Virgin Suicides,
  • Samoubojstva u mladosti,
  • The Lisbon Sisters,
  • Sinuciderea fecioarelor

Film

Directed by

Sofia Coppola

Sofia Carmina Coppola ( /ˈkoʊpələ/ KOH-pə-lə; born May 14, 1971) is an American screenwriter, film director, producer and actress. In 2003, she received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Lost in Translation, and became the third woman (and first American woman) to be nominated for...

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Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • Apr 21, 2000
  • 1999
  • Dec 19, 2000
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Runtime:

Runtime Film release region Note
  • 1 h 37 min
  • 1 h 30 min
  • Television version
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  • 6,000,000

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Awards

MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker Winners

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 2,063
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

The Movie List: the first 9200 of 2010-04-25

MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker Nominees

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Media

Adapted From

The Virgin Suicides

The Virgin Suicides is the 1993 debut novel by American writer Jeffrey Eugenides. The story, which is set in Grosse Pointe, Michigan during the 1970s, centers on the suicides of five sisters. The Lisbon girls' suicides fascinate their community as their neighbors struggle to find an explanation for...

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