Ralph Fiennes on his mother, the novelist Jennifer Lash, and her best work "Blood Ties"

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  • In this film, Ralph Fiennes goes on a journey with the help of other members of his family to uncover how his mother's emotionally scarred youth was to have a profound effect upon their own extraordinary upbringing.
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    Oscar-winning actor Ralph Fiennes, acclaimed for his roles in Schindler's List and The English Patient, is one of six children. His mother, Jennifer Lash, who died in 1993, was a writer. Her last novel, Blood Ties, is a powerful, often harrowing account of the damage a careless and unstable mother can unwittingly wreak upon a child. Lash herself had an unhappy, distressed childhood, which included being certified insane, and she was determined that she would provide a nurturing environment for her own children. In the 1960s, she gave up a promising career as a novelist to devote herself to raising her large family of four sons, two daughters and a foster son. In Blood Ties, the figure of Violet Farr, the unbending, distant and unwilling matriarch, is drawn from Jennifer's own mother, while the pain and isolation of the love-starved child, Spencer, mirrors that of Mick, the withdrawn, troubled foster son she took on.
    Directed by Samira Osman, 1997.
    © Licensed by Digital Classics Distribution

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  • @Sonic-dogmagic
    @Sonic-dogmagic 2 роки тому +33

    Ralph looks so much like his father!

  • @InvisibleVicky
    @InvisibleVicky 2 роки тому +99

    Ralph is just beautiful. He’s so like his dad!

  • @aileenscheiner6969
    @aileenscheiner6969 2 місяці тому +4

    I had the joy of meeting Jini on my uncles farm in Laxfield Suffolk. She has just returned from a pilgrimage to Lourdes. What a delightful, very special lady!

  • @nesaalli8778
    @nesaalli8778 Рік тому +19

    With 6 children she did quite a lot and books and writing and to looking after so many children and moving from one place to the next she is a genus

  • @irenakozmos7373
    @irenakozmos7373 2 роки тому +32

    Stumbled upon this as a great admirer of Ralph Fiennes. What a gem! For anyone to watch! What a good job she did with this bunch.

  • @kinawinkelstrahle2431
    @kinawinkelstrahle2431 2 роки тому +53

    Absolutely amazing! Just so sad Jini couldnt see what became of all her wonderful children, that extraordinary heart of honesty, caring and love she planted in them. These 30 years was never wasted. They will live on for generations because of what she did as a great Mother. It brings tears to my eyes of gratitude. Thank you Jini what you did for all of us because of your total commitment. Your blessings will live on.❤ Kina from Sweden🥰

  • @nirupikawijesinghe340
    @nirupikawijesinghe340 9 місяців тому +8

    The english patient. ....unforgettable movie. ..

  • @shirleymuhleisen683
    @shirleymuhleisen683 Рік тому +14

    Incredible biography of the brilliant one-of-a-kind Jenny, by her husband and the seven children she raised. A keeper story to pass along 🕊

  • @nesaalli8778
    @nesaalli8778 Рік тому +10

    She was a wonderful woman to cope with 7 children and try to do some thing for her self she was an angel 😇 to do all that xx

  • @iivikaelva5825
    @iivikaelva5825 2 роки тому +21

    Happy big family, wonderful parents, brothers and sisters of Ralph Fiennes. So good memories in this documentary film about the Ralph´s Mother Jennifer Lash. All family members are so talent humans. It´s really wonderful.

  • @kevinbyrne5265
    @kevinbyrne5265 9 місяців тому +4

    I'm so glad I saw this portrait of Jennifer Lash and her family. It resonates with me to the core, by that I mean the absence of love deprives a child of the most fundamental need in life. That rejection is so powerful that your whole being is reduced unless you have the courage of what Jennie Lash di at sixteen and asserted that she did not have to repeat the cold environment that she was brought up in, as so many are and set about as an individual she was going to love entirely warts and all. What a journey that liberated her children to live in the real world and still have love at it's core. You can see that in the grown up children and the way they speak about her and their lives together. Its their hands on the shovel digging into the earth, that is the image that come to my mind seeing her hands on that shovel, on a blade of grass, living in the faces she photographed. It's a whole families journey with a guiding light, human, very human and earthed. What a woman.

  • @christinaheesakacowden-wut3809
    @christinaheesakacowden-wut3809 2 роки тому +9

    I know how devestating it can feel to have a book rejected in which you poured your heart and your soal, a book, that is not just a book, but a living thing, something so personal and important. The book becomes the person who wrote it an in this case the rejection of the book becomes the rejection of the person. This becomes then an opportunity to work on oneself, finding out, that the Story itself it not the Beeing or creator, because the creator is "Spirit", thoughts are spirit and always free. The manifestations lead us astray, become chains, false Gods.
    It took me a few painful years of awakening and self work to realize this. Now I write, because I love to write, without hoping for a specific reaction. I just do it because it feels right. The letting go of expectations can then bring the right ressonance and if the feeling is right, the resonance will be positive.

  • @carmelmulroy6459
    @carmelmulroy6459 2 роки тому +20

    I really want to read her book. But l would be afraid because it sounds so heartbreaking. Her uncle seems like an amazing person.

  • @cristinadiazabella1553
    @cristinadiazabella1553 2 роки тому +13

    Some people are the artwork... the masterpiece of what they made with their existence. ❤️❤️❤️ What a beautiful woman. ❤️

  • @fan1985ful
    @fan1985ful 2 роки тому +22

    Why is the whole family beautiful 🤣

  • @optimistnow7491
    @optimistnow7491 7 місяців тому +3

    What a beautiful legacy to leave behind …..

  • @Isnt_it_romantic
    @Isnt_it_romantic 2 місяці тому +2

    Oh, how sexy is Ralph Fiennes accent! I love it. Imagine hearing it in person each day.

  • @58christiansful
    @58christiansful 2 роки тому +10

    Absolutely fascinating. And how beautiful they all look!

  • @avalonarcher8452
    @avalonarcher8452 2 роки тому +18

    Thank you for uploading this documentary! I appreciate it very much, since I missed it when it was aired on TV over 2 decades ago. This footage offers more insight into the Fiennes's than any typical interview could do. As much as I liked "Chromophobia", "Onegin" is in my opinion Martha's and Ralph's best collaboration. What a fascinating family!

  • @destinytaylor1479
    @destinytaylor1479 Рік тому +9

    It’s insane that Martha was pregnant with Hero at this time. His grandmother would be proud of him too

    • @helenogbonna3361
      @helenogbonna3361 15 днів тому

      That was hero I thought that was his brother uh wha

  • @jenniferpower981
    @jenniferpower981 2 роки тому +14

    What a beautiful family,Jini was a truly remarkable woman,genuinely inspiring.

  • @lindseycarribean5113
    @lindseycarribean5113 2 роки тому +20

    He took his dad's looks.

  • @user-iz6id1sb7d
    @user-iz6id1sb7d Рік тому +8

    The Greek Orthodox paintings of Holy Mary with Jesus as a baby are so beautiful!!!!

  • @marjanp4784
    @marjanp4784 9 місяців тому +8

    No wonder Napoleon said "Give me an educated mother, I shall promise you the birth of a civilized and educated nation"...

    • @angelicabotones8559
      @angelicabotones8559 3 місяці тому +1

      This comment is so true and endearing. Mothers are the ones who also nurture the love for curiosity and enrich society.

    • @marjanp4784
      @marjanp4784 3 місяці тому

      @@angelicabotones8559 yeah...

  • @inesmolina1598
    @inesmolina1598 Рік тому +4

    Hace unos años mi hermano mayor me regaló la.pelicula "Lutero " , aún la conservo ,me es muy preciada ,,no sabía que eran hermanos .¡ Bendiciones para toda la familia!

  • @claudialein
    @claudialein 2 роки тому +9

    I love this documentary and I has been looking for it for years...

  • @pam0626
    @pam0626 2 роки тому +12

    20:45: Martha Fiennes seems like a lovely woman. And her son, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, looks just like her.

  • @nesaalli8778
    @nesaalli8778 Рік тому +5

    I love the Irish they are warm hearted and there cooking is great I have lots of friends there my children are half Irish and South American 🇬🇾 Guyana

  • @tokage9986
    @tokage9986 Рік тому +7

    What beautiful English!

  • @christinehobson4825
    @christinehobson4825 29 днів тому

    A rounded grounding in family life to be fit for living well 😊

  • @lucindaarmour4685
    @lucindaarmour4685 11 місяців тому +4

    Thank you for uploading this. Fascinating.

  • @nesaalli8778
    @nesaalli8778 Рік тому +5

    Very nice story thank you every one has to tell there own story xx

  • @TotallyLostSoul
    @TotallyLostSoul 5 місяців тому +2

    His voice.. 😍

  • @OkcanaK3
    @OkcanaK3 2 роки тому +10

    Thank you very much 💖

  • @alimora5769
    @alimora5769 2 роки тому +6

    Beautiful documental work

  • @LotusLady9
    @LotusLady9 2 роки тому +10

    Thank you very interesting

  • @bobo-kj6od
    @bobo-kj6od 2 роки тому +8

    This is wonderful. Thank you for posting.

  • @maiabelenina
    @maiabelenina 2 роки тому +5

    Thanks for sharing ❤

  • @nesaalli8778
    @nesaalli8778 Рік тому +4

    Thank you for your story I love it xx

  • @nesaalli8778
    @nesaalli8778 Рік тому +3

    In our family we adapt a girl she becomes a nurse and she has 2 kids she now live in America and now one of our family 👪 she was ine day old when we adapt her God bless her and her family 👪

  • @nesaalli8778
    @nesaalli8778 Рік тому +3

    I love your blood ties story I enjoyed it so much and listening the way you was brought up xx

  • @noelinejohnson7410
    @noelinejohnson7410 3 місяці тому

    This is beautiful I enjoyed it thank you so very much for sharing 🌹🙏🥰

  • @per-olofdofenfalck3211
    @per-olofdofenfalck3211 Рік тому +2

    Great story 👍

  • @allaboutmyfaves4299
    @allaboutmyfaves4299 4 місяці тому

    OMYGADDD! HERO HAS HIS RESEMBLANCE FROM HIS MOM AND GRANDMOTHER! SPECIALLY WHEN SMILING 🥺💗💗💗💗

  • @user-lm2lb9qb9y
    @user-lm2lb9qb9y 2 роки тому +6

    Very nice 👍

  • @inesmolina1598
    @inesmolina1598 Рік тому +4

    Madre increíble .Hijos amantes .

  • @nesaalli8778
    @nesaalli8778 Рік тому +2

    Very sad story xx

  • @nesaalli8778
    @nesaalli8778 Рік тому +2

    I love your story you can read me one every night 🌃

  • @inesmolina1598
    @inesmolina1598 Рік тому +4

    Ahora sé porqué estanhermoso .

  • @nesaalli8778
    @nesaalli8778 Рік тому

    I was a Radar operator I use to make the machine wiring up and put all the components I did that for years xx

  • @cripplehawk
    @cripplehawk 2 роки тому +5

    4:40-5:04
    A lot of truth in what she said.

    • @bluebellbeatnik4945
      @bluebellbeatnik4945 Рік тому

      not really. it's not that black and white. i bet she didn't want an empty nest.

  • @taehyunjeoung1334
    @taehyunjeoung1334 2 роки тому +3

    I'd like to share this St. Gertrude Prayer. "Eternal Father, I offer You the most Precious Blood of Your Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen." I love Ralph Fiennes, though I love Jesus above all things.

  • @user-hr6en8gc3c
    @user-hr6en8gc3c Місяць тому

    Эта история жизни семьи писательницы ДЖЕНИФЕР ЛЭШ ОЧЕНЬ ТРОГАТЕЛЬНА И ВПЕЧАТЛЯЕТ, ХОТЕЛОСЬ БЫ ПРОЧИТАТЬ ЕЕ КНИГИ,

  • @nesaalli8778
    @nesaalli8778 Рік тому +1

    That is natural brothers and sisters behaves in all family 👪 screaming and shouting at each other .my brothers use to ask me for iron clothes and I will say to them that do I look your mum laugh all family had there own story .

  • @leilaniford3574
    @leilaniford3574 3 місяці тому

    Ginny having been forever forgiving isn't the end of it.
    Me too was forever forgiving until my 50s. The scars the fresh wounds left me to either survive or kill myself. I chose out of pride to survive.
    I suppose there is no way to measure it.
    Beautiful story. Thank you.
    Your mother was a brilliant light for you. A beautiful beacon.

    • @leilaniford3574
      @leilaniford3574 3 місяці тому

      A beautiful woman. She found her voice and herself in the love for you.

    • @leilaniford3574
      @leilaniford3574 3 місяці тому

      Thank you for sharing your deepest heart.

    • @leilaniford3574
      @leilaniford3574 3 місяці тому

      A measure by what she's left with her children.

  • @bluebellbeatnik4945
    @bluebellbeatnik4945 Рік тому +1

    Her father sounds difficult. Choosing to not argue while there is chaos around you and remove yourself like that might be fine for you and be okay if you were a single man but if you have a family, you need to pull your weight. makes me sick.

  • @nesaalli8778
    @nesaalli8778 Рік тому

    I am always giving table and chairs to people all mine left home 🏡 and left lots so I give the needed it is very good to give I live giving I do not like to received because It is too much to manage xx

  • @pls_convert_2_a_JW
    @pls_convert_2_a_JW 2 місяці тому

  • @user-jp5ip6qb5b
    @user-jp5ip6qb5b 2 місяці тому

    I say this here. The number of the Holy souls in purgatory has increased. We must keep on praying. I hate evil. I love angel ❤ Sabina

  • @user-wf6ym5ke7f
    @user-wf6ym5ke7f 2 роки тому +7

    Переведите ролик на русский язык , я так люблю. этого актёра .!

    • @GrettaSunshine
      @GrettaSunshine Рік тому +1

      Да, было бы отлично.

    • @user-ku4sx1zm8e
      @user-ku4sx1zm8e Рік тому +4

      Да, переведите, очень прошу.В этих прекрасных людях что-то щемящее, очень русское, этот фильм как прощание с веком.

  • @user-jp5ip6qb5b
    @user-jp5ip6qb5b 2 місяці тому

    St. Michael the Archangel, Pray for us. St. Clare Pray for us. ❤ Sabina

  • @carolinegodden4364
    @carolinegodden4364 3 місяці тому

    What was done to Jennifer, a lot of us are,all grown up, AND we will commence to deal with it all.
    Our
    My heart breaks for this wonderful lady.
    There is a song
    I'll Stand by you.

  • @nesaalli8778
    @nesaalli8778 Рік тому

    I was in the R A F I was radar operator I actually made the machine for years xx

  • @jm3356
    @jm3356 2 роки тому +3

  • @user-jp5ip6qb5b
    @user-jp5ip6qb5b 4 місяці тому

    I so miss, this is what I do. What beautiful experiences that I had today. According to the liturgical Calendar. Not that of the shismatics. I love my church and if it is not of my Lord's. You kill me. ❤ Sabina

  • @Iheartdgd
    @Iheartdgd 2 роки тому +7

    Wtf he looks just like Liam Neeson

    • @detectivefiction3701
      @detectivefiction3701 2 роки тому +13

      There is a resemblance, though Ralph is quite a bit shorter and smaller boned than Liam is. Both are handsome men.

    • @tanyamcgrath1627
      @tanyamcgrath1627 2 роки тому +4

      Nope they are different!

  • @user-jp5ip6qb5b
    @user-jp5ip6qb5b 2 місяці тому

    St. Joan of Arc Pray for us. ❤ Sabina

  • @user-jp5ip6qb5b
    @user-jp5ip6qb5b 2 місяці тому

    I love, God. I love English landscapes. I love good work. People, l promise to tell you today that the number of the Holy souls in purgatory has increased or outnumbered that much, I am telling you to pray with me, daily, or too. ❤ Sabina

  • @VoldamortAuerbach
    @VoldamortAuerbach Місяць тому

    hey

    • @VoldamortAuerbach
      @VoldamortAuerbach Місяць тому

      How's everyone doing this evening? who's ready for a sacrifice? King or Queen??

    • @VoldamortAuerbach
      @VoldamortAuerbach Місяць тому

      Quick someone answer? or I'll do both?

  • @gray_day4375
    @gray_day4375 2 роки тому +1

    Is it just me surprised her brother being Orthodox priest???

  • @tbhly
    @tbhly 9 місяців тому

    14:55

  • @lolab56
    @lolab56 6 місяців тому +3

    Ralph Fiennes has never won an Oscar. Again, this shows the how stupid the Oscar voters are!

  • @user-jp5ip6qb5b
    @user-jp5ip6qb5b 2 місяці тому

    Baptism leads you to the Holy Communion. The Pope is infallible. ❤ Sabina

  • @jujujj63
    @jujujj63 Рік тому +4

    Hes 8th cousin to king Charles. Elite money makes you a movie star.

    • @GjpgrD
      @GjpgrD Рік тому +11

      In this case, great talent does.

    • @marjanp4784
      @marjanp4784 9 місяців тому +5

      Are you delusional? Ralph Fiennes is one of the greatest actors of all time. It comes from talent, not money.

    • @racheljennings1688
      @racheljennings1688 4 місяці тому +2

      And hard work

  • @ianwilliam3811
    @ianwilliam3811 Рік тому

    Pity this prat never mentions the air stewardess he got pregnant and denied any knowledge of it.

    • @darhug1968a
      @darhug1968a 10 місяців тому +5

      He had a one night stand with an air stewardess. She said she might be pregnant in order to get the papers interested in buying her story. She was not pregnant. She also later admitted to working as a prostitute so probably slept with him just to make money selling the story - which she did.

    • @cheekysmith8559
      @cheekysmith8559 8 місяців тому +1

      Ha - are you kidding.??... She pounced on him like like a fat kid on a cupcake lol. She was working, and had sex with him in the plane toilet, which she initiated!!! Nice...And then sold her story........... No need to be jealous. And yes, she made up the pregnancy.

  • @kirkalbuquerquekirkland5144
    @kirkalbuquerquekirkland5144 2 роки тому +18

    Woow amazing thank you so much for uploading 👍👍 soo interesting and lovely

    • @wocomoCULTURE
      @wocomoCULTURE  2 роки тому +6

      Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!