Melony is an extremely stoic woman, who refuses to press charges against a man who brutally broke her nose and arm so that she can later take revenge herself. Wally is a pilot on leave from the service. continuing to have sex with Candy despite Wally being back home, talking Candice into doing it in the first place, and raising the product of their adultery right under Wally's nose, all while acting like the moral superiority in the family. A subplot follows the character Melony, who grew up alongside Homer in the orphanage. She eventually becomes an electrician and takes a female lover, Lorna. After Homer leaves the orphanage, so does she in an effort to find him. The Cider House Rules was released on December 17, 1999 in North America. Cloud's Orphanage, where their son is born and named Angel. Cloud's Orphanage, where their son is born and named Angel. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. The story about Wally being shot down over Burma was based in part on that of Irving's biological father (whom he never met), who had been shot down over Burma and survived.[1]. The Cider House Rules (1985) is a novel by American writer John Irving, a Bildungsroman, which was later adapted into a film (1999) and a stage play by Peter Parnell.The story, set in the pre– and post–World War II era, is about a young man, Homer Wells, growing up under the guidance of Dr. Wilbur Larch, an obstetrician and abortionist. The Cider House Rules is a 1999 American drama movie. Each night before they go to sleep, Dr. Larch says to the boys, "Goodnight you Princes of Maine, you Kings of New England", as both encouragement and a kind of blessing. Rose, the daughter of the head migrant worker at the apple orchard, becomes pregnant by her father, and Homer performs an abortion on her. Dr. Larch is addicted to ether and also secretly performs abortions for women. The Cider House Rules is a 1999 American drama film directed by Lasse Hallström and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures. She was Homer's first girlfriend in a relationship of circumstances. Movies that have music composed by Rachel Portman, https://soundeffects.fandom.com/wiki/The_Cider_House_Rules_(1999)?oldid=694598. The film was produced by Miramax Films and FilmColony and premiered at the 56th Venice Film Festival. Referred to as his "most didactic novel", The Cider House Rules (1985) is the sixth novel by John Irving.It centers around the story of Homer Wells, an orphan in the Maine town of St. emotionally manipulated a grieving woman to cheat on her boyfriend who she thought had died not a few months prior to act. which turns out to have been sabotaged. Eventually, Homer decides he too should go where he is most needed and returns to the orphanage, where he is greeted joyously by both the children and staff.