Directed by:
Claudia WeillCinematography:
Fred MurphyComposer:
Michael SmallCast:
Christopher Guest, Melanie Mayron, Anita Skinner, Kenneth McMillan, Eli Wallach, Jean De Baer, Viveca Lindfors, Bob Balaban, Mike Kellin, Kristoffer Tabori (more)VOD (1)
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When her best friend and roommate abruptly moves out to get married, Susan (Melanie Mayron), trying to become a gallery artist while making ends meet as a bar mitzvah photographer on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, finds herself adrift in both life and love. Could a new job be the answer? What about a fling with a married, older rabbi (Eli Wallach)? A wonder of American independent filmmaking whose remarkably authentic vision of female relationships has become a touchstone for makers of an entire subgenre of films and television shows about young women trying to make it in the big city, this 1970s New York time capsule from Claudia Weill captures the complexities and contradictions of women’s lives and relationships with wry humor and refreshing frankness. (Criterion)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1979 - Melanie Mayron (Most Promising Newcomer to Film)
Toronto International Film Festival
- 1978 - Claudia Weill (People's Choice Award)
Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund
- 1978 - Claudia Weill (The Norwegian Critics Award - Honorable Mention)