Ich hab ein Paar Notizen zu Idgie und Ruth gefunden, vielleicht hilft das weiter.

Idgie: -is openly trying to shake off the conevntional role that she feels she is supposed to play or that the South wants her to be as a woman ( to get married, have children, be traditional); to do everything within certain parameters but she makes her own rules
- Idgie gives Ruth a freedom that she never had before. She just almost gives her a new life. They give each other a new life.

Ist nicht viel aber wenn´s hilft^^

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Is a 1991 drama film based on the novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg. It was released in the UK under the novel's full title. Directed by Jon Avnet and written by Fannie Flagg. It tells the story of a Depression-era friendship between two women, Ruth and Idgie, and a 1980s friendship between Evelyn, a middle aged housewife and Ninny, an elderly woman who knew Ruth and Idgie.