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A Woman Under the Influence
Why this pick
Cassavetes’s raw, unstable intimacy and compassionate attention to people struggling to connect make this the closest companion to Love Streams’ bruised emotional world.
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MOVIE1984 2h 21m USA
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Undergoing a messy divorce, Sarah Lawson visits her brother Robert Harmon, an alcoholic playboy and writer who is in a relationship with a professional singer. Robert is visited by his ex-wife and forced to take care of their eight-year-old son, whom he has never met before, for twenty-four hours.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Gena Rowlands
Sarah Lawson
Seymour Cassel
Jack Lawson
Eddy Donno
Stepfather Swanson
Joan Foley
Judge Dunbar
Al Ruban
Milton Kravitz
Tom Badal
Sam the Lawyer
John Cassavetes
Robert Harmon
Leslie Hope
Joanie