Shy People
1987 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
Diana Sullivan (Jill Clayburgh) is a successful Manhattan writer and photojournalist, seemingly oblivious to the serious cocaine addicition that her wild child daughter Grace (Martha Plimpton) has developed. A commission by Cosmopolitan magazine to write an article about a lost branch of Diana's family leads them deep into the bayous of Louisiana, where they encounter Diana's distant cousin, Ruth (Barabara Hershey). Married at 12 to an abusive man whose current whereabouts are an increasingly troubling cipher, Ruth rules over her 3 adult sons, all less than perfectly cogent, with equal parts protectiveness and ferocity, while a fourth, disowned son adds to the volatility of the situation. As the fascinated Diana and wary Ruth circle one another, Grace, bored and in grip of her addiction, toys with her naive cousins with devastating consequences.
Direction Andrei Konchalovsky
Cast Jill Clayburgh · Barbara Hershey · Martha Plimpton · Merritt Butrick · John Philbin · Don Swayze · Pruitt Taylor Vince · Mare Winningham
Soundtrack Tangerine Dream
Screenplay Andrei Konchalovsky · Marjorie David · Gérard Brach
Cinematography Chris Menges
Original title Shy People
6.3
47 votes (FilmAffinity)
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