Big Stone Gap (film)
Big Stone Gap is a 2014 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Adriana Trigiani and produced by Donna Gigliotti for Altar Identity Studios, a subsidiary of Media Society. Based on Trigianis 2000 bestselling novel of the same name, the story is set in the actual Virginia town of Big Stone Gap circa 1970s. The film had its world premiere at the Virginia Film Festival on November 6, 2014. The film was released on October 9, 2015, by Picturehouse.
Ave Mulligan was born and raised in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. Her mother came to the town many years ago, as an immigrant from Italy, and became the town seamstress. Ave has let time slip by and before she knows it, shesand proclaims herself the town spinster. She spends most of her days working at her family pharmacy filling prescriptions and home delivering the country folk their medications. She is a volunteer on the towns Emergency Response Team. The highlight of her year is directing the towns annual production of The Lonesome Pine.While delivering medications for Nan McChesney, Ave is startled when Nans son Jack, a local coal miner, comes out of the bathroom in long john underwear. Jack and Ave used to be school mates from childhood. Nan tries to feed Ave while inquiring if and when shell ever marry and reassures Ave even though shes an old maid, shes still able in her age to have kids. Ave takes that as a sign to hurry and leave. Jack, trying to make small talk with Ave, shows her out, then proceeds to show Ave his new pick up truck he just bought. ........
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