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Plot

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sisters Rosie (

) and Violet (

) lead a life of hard knocks with very poor, abusive parents. Glad to be rid of their parents who have been killed in a car crash, the twins vow to run away to

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in search of a better life. While on the road, the girls sneak onto a military base seeking food and shelter and meet up with Pete, a drifter working as a grounds keeper, who takes them in. Throughout the movie there are overtones of Rosie's jealousy over the attention the pretty Violet receives from men. For example, when Violet and Pete start a relationship, Rosie becomes increasingly jealous before eventually coming to realize that the sisters' childhood bond has been destroyed forever. Her attitude leads to actions with tragic consequences. In the movie’s final scene, Violet is seen flying away on a plane after leaving Rosie. Rosie holds the gun in her mouth, firing with every chamber. However, Violet holds the bullets in her hand, revealing she took them out prior to her departure.

Cast

as Voilet *

as Rosie *

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Trivia

*Aerial coordination for the movie was done by well known South Carolina skydiver and pilot Bobby Frierson. Local Barnwell, SC skydivers John Adair, Mike Holbert, and Terry Curtis were cast as paratroopers. Nine years after "Ripe" was filmed Bobby died in a skydiving accident on September 11, 2005. He'd had a stroke on January 30, 2000.ROBERT FRIERSON OBITUARY
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* American independent films 1997 films 1997 drama films American drama films 1997 directorial debut films 1997 independent films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films {{indie-drama-film-stub