Berkeley graduate student Finn (Ryder) is spending the summer at the home of her sparring grandmother and great aunt (Oscar-winners Burstyn and Bancroft), where she intends to finish her latest thesis and think over a marriage proposal. As she wrestles with her decision, the women in her grandmother's quilting bee confide to her the stories of the loves that shaped their own lives. AIso starring Maya Angelou, Kate NeIligan, Jean Simmons, Lois Smith and Alfre Woodard, How To Make An American QuiIt is a deeply moving and funny film that ceIebrates folIowing your heart. |