Another Woman (1988)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Woody Allen

Writer (WGA):

Woody Allen (written by)

Release Date:

18 November 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Facing a mid-life crisis, a woman rents an apartment next to a psychiatrist's office to write a new book, only to become drawn to the plight of a pregnant woman seeking that doctor's help.

Plot Keywords:

Psychiatrist | Flashback Sequence | Deliberate Cruelty | Hospital Administrator | Melancholy

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Gena Rowlands	...	Marion Post
Mia Farrow	...	Hope
Ian Holm	...	Ken
Blythe Danner	...	Lydia
Gene Hackman	...	Larry Lewis
Betty Buckley	...	Kathy
Martha Plimpton	...	Laura
John Houseman	...	Marion's Father
Sandy Dennis	...	Claire
David Ogden Stiers	...	Young Marion's Father
Philip Bosco	...	Sam
Harris Yulin	...	Paul
Frances Conroy	...	Lynn
Fred Melamed	...	Patient's Voice / Engagement Party Guest
Kenneth Welsh	...	Donald

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:AL | Brazil:Livre | UK:PG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Finland:S | France:U | Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Australia:PG (cable rating)

Filming Locations:

Alpine, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions

Trivia:

Originally Mia Farrow was supposed to have played the part of Marion but her real-life pregnancy prevented that. Gena Rowlands took the part instead.

Quotes:

Marion: I wondered if a memory is something you have or something you've lost.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Everyone Says I Love You (1996)

Soundtrack:

Ecuatorial

Woody's delicate drama

This is by far my favorite Woody Allen straight drama (most of his other "serious" films, like Crimes and Misdemeanors and Husbands & Wives, have comedic moments). His third "heavy film" (after Interiors and September) is chamber drama, beautifully acted and directed. Most of the elements found in Allen's other post "Annie Hall" films are here (the upper crust Manhattan intellectuals, dysfunctional relationships), but what's missing are the laughs. The film is very serious stuff, involving repressed emotions and alienation. There is simply no place for Woody's usually nervous character in Another Woman. You can still tell that this is one of his films because of the characterizations. Gena Rowlands is in nearly every scene and is classy, as usual, and the rest of the ensemble cast is just as good. My favorites were Gene Hackman and Ian Holm. The title is fairly clever as well; it doesn't refer to what you might think.