At a Glance

At a suburban Texas high school, Dinah (Connie Nelson), a geometry teacher who coaches the girls' basketball team, and Carly (Dee Hennigan), a principal's assistant who is also the wife of an algebra teacher, kiss during a basketball lesson and find themselves embarking on an affair. When word gets out, they find themselves in the middle of a scandal that rocks the foundations of their pious community. Winner of the 1996 Sundance Film Festival.

Detailed Information

Late Bloomers is a humorous, romantic drama that tells the story of two middle aged ordinary women who unexpectedly fall in love. Curly is married with two kids and works as the school secretary; Dinah is the single, lonely maths teacher who coaches the girls" basketball team. They both work at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in a straight-laced Texan community.

They have known of each other for a while but their paths never crossed until Curly hears a rumour that Dinah is having an affair with her husband who also works on the school staff. Curly confronts Dinah after a session of basketball practice to dispel the gossip. One-on-one tuition on the court, leads to an impulsive kiss it then dawns on them that they are attracted to each other. As their relationship blossoms the reaction of family, friends and the community is anything but charitable.

Late Bloomers creates a timely story in which is woven the notion of family, gay relationships, and raises the banner on gay marriage.