CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1992
Gas Food Lodging posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1992 1h 41m USA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

Keep the feeling.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Nora, a waitress with two teenage daughters, struggles to raise them in a trailer park as a single parent after her husband abandons the family. After repeatedly skipping school to go on dates Trudi, the elder daughter, quits school and gets a job as a waitress alongside her mother. Meanwhile the younger daughter, Shade, spends most of her time watching the movies of Mexican film star Elvia Rivero and dreams of finding a boyfriend for her mother.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Brooke Adams

Nora

Ione Skye

Ione Skye

Trudi

Robert Knepper

Robert Knepper

Dank

Jacob Vargas

Jacob Vargas

Javier

Chris Mulkey

Chris Mulkey

Raymond

Julie Condra

Tanya

Fairuza Balk

Fairuza Balk

Shade

James Brolin

James Brolin

John Evans