Another Woman (1988)

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.

Director:

Woody Allen

Writer:

Woody Allen

Stars:

Gena Rowlands, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gena Rowlands	...	Marion
Mia Farrow	...	Hope
Ian Holm	...	Ken
Blythe Danner	...	Lydia
Gene Hackman	...	Larry
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

Storyline

Having recently turned fifty, Marion feels that she has led a so far blessed life. The well-respected Dean of Philosophy at a women's college, she is currently on sabbatical to write her latest book. Although her first husband Sam died tragically fourteen years ago from a mixture of alcohol and pills, she has recently remarried to Ken, who, married at the time, pursued her, while Ken's writer friend, Larry, also professed his love for her. She has a good relationship with her step-daughter Laura, seemingly better than Laura has with either Ken or Laura's own volatile mother, Kathy. Between her and her brother Paul, Marion always had the attention of their academic father. And she and Ken have a wide circle of friends with who they regularly and willingly socialize. But a series of incidents with these people in her life makes Marion wonder about the decisions that she's made, most specifically whether her cerebral and judgmental nature has been alienating to those around her. One of ...

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Plot Keywords:

apartment | female writer | interior monologue | therapy session | chance meeting | 

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Taglines:

Relationships and the choices we make in life

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 November 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Druga žena

Filming Locations:

Alpine, New Jersey, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$75,196, 16 October 1988, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$1,562,749

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mia Farrow replaced Jane Alexander, who had replaced Dianne Wiest. Dianne Wiest was originally going to play the character of Hope, but withdrew from the part, due to illness. Wiest has five cinema movie collaborations with Woody Allen. In two of them, Wiest won a Best Actress in a Supporting Role Academy Award. Wiest appeared in both of Allen's then previous year's movies, September (1987) and Radio Days (1987). In the end, Mia Farrow was cast in the role, after Jane Alexander's characterization didn't work out.

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Goofs

In the credits, Erik Satie's Gymnopédie No. 3 is listed. However, it is Gymnopédie No. 1 which is played in the film.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Marion: [voiceover] If someone had asked me when I reached my fifties to assess my life, I would have said that I had achieved a decent measure of fulfillment, both personally and professionally. Beyond that, I would say I don't choose to delve.

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Connections

Featured in At the Movies: The Accused/Another Woman/Madame Sousatzka/Hotel Terminus/Clara's Heart (1988)

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Soundtracks

Gymnopédie No 1
(1888)
Music by Erik Satie
Performed by Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Conducted by Louis Auriacombe
Courtesy of EMI Pathé-Marconi/Capitol Records Special Markets

User Reviews

Another Woody

The melancholic mood and Gena Rowland's impressing acting are the most important elements of this movie. It's the Ingmar-Bergman type of film, like „Interiors`, much more serious and thoughtful than all of Woody Allen's other movies, not at all typical for him. In my opinion, it's even more vivid than „Interiors` because there are less people involved and – something that happens less and less in Woody Allen's movies – there is only one main character. This time, it's the character herself who tells the story which is really unusual for Allen.

By leaving every other trade mark in plot and topics away, Allen concentrates on the intellectual dialogues and the analyses people make about each other. It's characteristic that Marion Post is a professor for philosophy. She automatically analyzes everybody around her, which leads to the fact that they start analyzing her. Her crisis begins, when she learns that people talk about her – which, of course, is something completely natural – and therefore starts analyzing herself. Her character really impressed me because I know people myself who are exactly like Marion Post. Woody Allen is a brilliant psychologist who watches people precisely and that's why he is able to create such believable characters.