"The virgin suicides" - A directorial debut by Sophia Coppola..
It is always difficult to step out of the shadows of one’s parentage. Especially so, if the Parent happens to be a creative artist of the highest order - A man whose legendary film making skills has more or less made him a household name in the world of Movies. I am talking about the Francis ford Coppola and his illustrious daughter Sophia Coppola . With a family as involved in the art of Movie making as Copolla’s, it is but natural (some may call it nepotism) that young Sophia began acting as a child in the God father series, and then went on to essay a few forgettable, undistinguished roles in sundry other films blessed by her Father. It was clear though, that she was not cut out to be an actress. But then, as they say, “Genes don’t lie”; and the artistic DNA in her evolved into a film maker, director and screen play writer in the year 1999, when she made her first feature film based on a remarkable book by Jeffrey Eugenides named “The virgin suicides” - a story of five young, b