Directed by:
Joan Micklin SilverScreenplay:
Joan Micklin SilverCinematography:
Bobby ByrneComposer:
Ken LauberCast:
John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Kenneth McMillan, Gloria Grahame, Nora Heflin, Allen Joseph, Jerry Hardin, Tarah Nutter, Mark Metcalf, Griffin Dunne (more)Plots(1)
The trailblazing Joan Micklin Silver - one of only five women to direct a film for a Hollywood studio in the 1970s - digs fearlessly into the psychology of a thorny relationship in this anti–romantic comedy, based on Ann Beattie’s best-selling novel, about lovelorn civil servant Charles (John Heard) and his married-but-separated coworker Laura (Mary Beth Hurt). Months after their affair has ended, Charles is haunted by memories as he desperately attempts to rekindle a love that perhaps never was. Switching deftly between past and present, Micklin Silver guides this piercing deconstruction of male wish-fulfillment fantasy beyond standard movie-romance tropes into something more complicated and cuttingly truthful. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![John Heard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/141/163141723_834cdb.jpg)
John Heard
USA
Best movies:
Awakenings (1990)
Home Alone (1990)
Mindwalk (1990)
![Mary Beth Hurt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/130/164130314_bbda06.jpg)
Mary Beth Hurt
USA
Best movies:
Red Dragon (2002)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
Interiors (1978)
![Peter Riegert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273864_3d914e.jpg)
Peter Riegert
USA
Best movies:
Traffic (2000)
Gypsy (1993) (TV movie)
We Bought a Zoo (2011)
![Kenneth McMillan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/494/161494927_d2e124.jpg)
Kenneth McMillan
USA
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Serpico (1973)
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
![Gloria Grahame](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/361/164361503_97e3b9.png)
Gloria Grahame
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Sudden Fear (1952)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Nora Heflin
USA
Best movies:
Flashpoint (1984)
The Student Teachers (1973)
Born Innocent (1974) (TV movie)
Allen Joseph
USA
Best movies:
Raging Bull (1980)
Marathon Man (1976)
Eraserhead (1977)
![Jerry Hardin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/025/059/25059637_09702e.jpg)
Jerry Hardin
USA
Best movies:
The X-Files – File 6: Master Plan (1996) (video compilation)
The X Files: One Son (1999) (video compilation)
Honkytonk Man (1982)
Tarah Nutter
Best movies:
Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
Without Warning (1980)
![Mark Metcalf](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/497/160497868_a149d9.jpg)
Mark Metcalf
USA
Best movies:
The Heavenly Kid (1985)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
Julia (1977)
![Griffin Dunne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269591_e0b2d4.jpg)
Griffin Dunne
USA
Best movies:
Ściana (1982) (TV movie)
The Big Blue (1988)
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
![Frances Bay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276479_8e179d.jpg)
Frances Bay
Canada
Best movies:
Blue Velvet (1986)
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999) (TV movie)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
![Oscar Rowland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/176/162176069_fed716.jpg)
Oscar Rowland
Best movies:
The Executioner's Song (1982) (TV movie)
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
Beverly Rowland
USA
Best movies:
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
Harry in Your Pocket (1973)