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Where was The Whales of August filmed?

1987 film, directed by Lindsay Anderson.

  • Maine

The story is set in Maine, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Maine
Filmed in
Maine

About The Whales of August

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Released
1987
Director
Lindsay Anderson
Cast
Bette DavisLillian GishVincent PriceAnn SothernHarry CareyMary SteenburgenTisha Sterling
Genre
Drama

The story

Libby and Sarah Logan are two elderly, widowed sisters from Philadelphia.

Near the end of their lives, they spend their annual summer in a seaside house in Maine.

Their surroundings cause them to recall their relationship as young women, and the summers they had enjoyed there in the past.

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