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John Sayles (written by)
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18 January 1983 (USA)
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A happily married woman comes to realize herself of being a repressed lesbian after she has an affair with a female college professor, and then tries to come to terms with her newfound lifestyle. full summary | add synopsis
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Linda Griffiths | ... | Lianna |
| Jane Hallaren | ... | Ruth |
| Jon DeVries | ... | Dick |
| Jo Henderson | ... | Sandy |
| Jessica MacDonald | ... | Theda (as Jessica Wight MacDonald) |
| Jesse Solomon | ... | Spencer |
 | John Sayles | ... | Jerry |
 | Stephen Mendillo | ... | Bob |
| Betsy Julia Robinson | ... | Cindy |
| Nancy Mette | ... | Kim |
| Maggie Renzi | ... | Sheila |
| Madelyn Coleman | ... | Mrs. Hennessy |
| Robyn Reeves | ... | Job Applicant |
 | Chris Elliott | ... | Lighting Assistant |
| Marta Renzi | ... | Dancer |
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110 min
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John Sayles based the characters on couples he knew who were undergoing custody battles and women who were coming out as lesbians.
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References The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
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Tonight
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I think if you are interested in the subject matter, the content of the movie carries it. The comments thus far have been extremely positive, which is not quite in line with the current rating. So my comment would be to warn you that there is a lot of mediocre acting and the photography was not great. I'm sure the budget of the movie had a lot to do with it. And in some way the lack of great lighting, etc., and the "lameness" of the movie tends to work in its favor to present the subject matter as very ordinary, very commonplace, in opposition to how society wants to view this as something very unusual. I'm not a long-winded person. The need to pad this out to meet an IMDB requirement of ten lines would seem to ensure that there will be a lot of filler in these comments.