Corrina, Corrina

A housekeeper tries to break through the silence of a traumatized child in this touching comedy-drama featuring Whoopi Goldberg. The story, set during the 1950’s, is a loose adaptation of the autobiographical experiences of writer/director Jessie Nelson. Manny Singer, who writes jingles at an ad agency, is devastated by his wife’s abrupt death from cancer. To handle his grief he becomes deeply involved with his work. His 9-year old daughter Molly is even more devastated and has completely stopped talking. Her muteness worries Manny and he desperately searches for a maid that can care for her. After many interviews, he hires Corrina Washington, an educated, spunky, and slightly eccentric woman whom he thinks Molly will relate to. The woman and child do indeed gradually bond. Manny too is drawn to Corrina and they begin an interracial romance that was at times complicated by racism. The story does have an upbeat ending though., Bittersweet comedy set in 1950s America. A widower and his nine-year-old daughter are losing the battle with their grief until a stranger comes to work for them and brightens up their lives. The newcomer is a housekeeper-cum-nanny whose personality makes up for her lack of domestic skills. Unfortunately, the neighbours quickly take a dim view of the blossoming relationship between the black nanny and her white employer., In 1959, a black maid is hired by a grieving white widower to care for his withdrawn daughter; the woman has no experience but she makes an immediate connection with the girl., As Corrina draws Molly out of her shell, so Manny falls in love with her, but in 50s America, inter-racial relationships are still frowned on and the pair face prejudice from all sides as their relationship blossoms. The newcomer is a housekeeper-cum-nanny whose personality makes up for her want of domestic skills, but she is black, while Manny and his daughter are white, and in 1959 America the neighbours take a dim view of their blossoming relationship., Bittersweet comedy about a bereaved father and his nine-year-old daughter who are losing the battle with their grief when a stranger enters their lives and turns on the sunshine. The newcomer is a housekeeper-cum-nanny whose personality makes up for her want of domestic skills, but she is black, while Manny and his daughter are white, and in 1959 America the neighbours take a dim view of their blossoming relationship., Bittersweet comedy about a widower and his nine-year-old daughter who are losing the battle with their grief until a stranger comes to work for them and brightens up their lives. The newcomer is a housekeeper-cum-nanny whose personality makes up for her lack of domestic skills. Bittersweet comedy about a widower and his nine-year-old daughter who are losing the battle with their grief until a stranger comes to work for them and brightens up their lives. The newcomer is a housekeeper-cum-nanny whose personality makes up for her lack of domestic skills., Jessie Nelson’s romantic drama, which she also wrote and produced, stars Ray Liotta as Manny Singer, a widower whose young daughter Molly has become almost catatonically withdrawn following her mother’s death. Realising he needs help, Manny advertises for a housekeeper and selects Corrina Washington since Molly reacted positively to her. As Corrina draws Molly out of her shell, so Manny falls in love with her, but in 50s America, inter-racial relationships are still frowned on and the pair face prejudice from all sides as their relationship blossoms.