Desperate Characters
1971 · ★ 5.6 · Dir. Frank D. Gilroy
Sophie and Otto Bentwood are a middle-aged, middle class, childless Brooklyn Heights couple trapped in a loveless marriage. He is an attorney, she a translator of books. Their existence is affected not only by their disintegrating relationship but by the threats of urban crime and vandalism that surround them everywhere they turn, leaving them feeling paranoid, scared, and desperately helpless.
- Released
- 1971-09-22
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Language
- EN
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Shirley MacLaine
Sophie Bentwood
Sada Thompson
Claire
Kenneth Mars
Otto Bentwood
Jack Somack
Leon
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Charlie
Chris Gampel
Mike Holstein
Wallace Rooney
Man on Subway
Mary Alan Hokanson
Flo Holstein
Robert Bauer
Young Man
Carol Kane
Young Girl
Michael Higgins
Francis Early
Michael McAloney
Raconteur
Keywords
Husband wife relationshipBased on novel or bookNew york cityMidlife crisisDepressionBoredomParanoiaChildlessnessVandalismDespairMiddle classAnxietyFrigidityLoveless marriage
