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A Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo

Documentary

A Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo

6.8(5) 1/1/1975 0h 17m
Documentary

A Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo is a 1975 short documentary directed by Barry J. Spinello which presents the daily challenges faced by Bonnie Consolo, an armless woman, and her determination to overcome them. The film shows her driving, cooking, and shopping like anybody else. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

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Barry Spinello

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CinemaSerf

7/10

8/21/2025

This starts off quite innocuously with a woman doing the washing up, only we soon see that she is using her feet, and every bit as nimbly as a person using their hands might do. For the next quarter of an hour, we spend a day or two with Bonnie as she cooks, bakes, shops, drives, chats about her husband (Frank) and her two small kids (Matt and Mark) and generally lives as ordinary a life as her contributing next door neighbour - who speaks fondly of a woman whom, she considers, doesn’t have a disability at all. Her home appears to have been minimally modernised and adapted, and we are presented with a short feature on a lady whose glass is very much half full. It’s interesting to watch just how her ankle, knee and hip joints have developed the flexibilities to provide her with quite a dext

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