"Cecilia was the first to go." So says the narrator in "The Virgin Suicides," the atmospheric directorial debut by Sofia
Coppola (daughter of Francis Ford Coppola). Cecilia (Hanna R. Hall) is the 13-year-old daughter of the Lisbons (James Woods and Kathleen Turner, both perfect in their roles), a middle-class family living, the movie tells us, "25 years ago" in suburban Michigan. She is the first of the five Lisbon girls to attempt suicide, and though she is at first unsuccessful and the family tries to carry on with normal life, she eventually finishes the job.
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