DramaComedy

Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.

"The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce."

Credits

Kathy BatesEvelyn Couch

Jessica TandyNinny Threadgoode

Mary-Louise ParkerRuth Jamison

Mary Stuart MastersonIdgie Threadgoode

Cicely TysonSipsey