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Andrei Konchalovsky (story)
Gérard Brach (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
May 1988 (USA) more
Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations more
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Red Carpet Lineup. Hot Streaks
(From FilmExperience. 7 May 2009, 12:55 PM, PDT)
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all relatives are something more (8 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jill Clayburgh | ... | Diana |
 | Barbara Hershey | ... | Ruth |
 | Martha Plimpton | ... | Grace |
| Merritt Butrick | ... | Mike |
| John Philbin | ... | Tommy |
 | Don Swayze | ... | Mark |
| Pruitt Taylor Vince | ... | Paul |
 | Mare Winningham | ... | Candy |
| Michael Audley | ... | Louie |
| Brad Leland | ... | Larry |
| Tony Epper | ... | Jake |
| Paul Landry | ... | Henry |
| Warren Battiste | ... | Dick |
| Edward Bunker | ... | Chuck |
| Vladimir Bibic | ... | Welder |
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Spain:113 min | UK:120 min | USA:118 min
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Iceland:16 | Spain:13 | USA:R | UK:15
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References Stop Making Sense (1984) more
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Goin' to Town more
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Barbara Hershey won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for her performance in Andrei Konchalovsky's "Shy People". The movie portrays a magazine writer (Jill Clayburgh) and her daughter (Martha Plimpton) taking a trip to the Louisiana boondocks to meet a distant relative (Hershey). As the movie progresses, we learn not only about the relative's various kinds of superstitions, but also about the secrets that the great uncle held, and how they relate to some current rifts in the family.
Probably the movie's best aspect is how it dignifies country people. While making it clear that these folks have some backwards notions about things - namely that the deceased man is still watching - Konchalovsky never makes them look stupid. Also, we get to see rural Louisiana (although it may have changed in the past twenty years, especially after Hurricane Katrina).
If anything mildly disappointed me about the movie, it's that I didn't get to hear more about Cajun culture. But then again, it's probably best that the movie didn't lose its main focus. I would suspect that the one boy was right when he accused the oil companies.
All in all, worth seeing.