Leonie [HD]

really enjoyed this movie
Leonie - The true story of Leonie Gilmour, set in the 1900's. Leonie is a educated American woman who agrees to become editor, and in time - lover, to the Japanese poet Yone Noguchi - I have to wonder how famous he would have been without her interjections. She bears his child (Isamu) and follows him to Japan only to find he already has a wife and sets her up as his mistress. She leaves him securing jobs teaching English. Once on her own she again gives birth and never reveals who the birth father is.
It's also interesting because the film has a Japanese director, it's filmed in Japan and yet it seems truly to mock Japanese sexism. Yone is definitley the villian, sexist, violent and selfish, I believe she fell in love with him because of his creativity and his constant pursuit of her.
Very good movie.

A work of art
This is a profoundly beautiful true story. A proud and independant woman is first weakened by the love she has for an abusive man, but the love for her child redeems her and gives her back the strength and the pride to reasume her life .The film is poetry and the main character engages your heart and admiration.

Interesting story of a single mother in the early 1900s.
I liked this take on the life of the artist through the story of the mother of the artist. Very well done scenes of Japan and straight-forward story of the mother's life as her son and daughter grow up. I liked seeing Noguchi's outdoor installments at the end of the movie.

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