Desperate Characters
1971 · Movie · 1h 37m
Drama
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
Key crew
- Frank D. GilroyScreenplay
- Ron CarterOriginal Music Composer
- Jim HallOriginal Music Composer
- Lee KonitzOriginal Music Composer
- Frank D. GilroyDirector
Cast
- Shirley MacLaineSophie Bentwood
- Kenneth MarsOtto Bentwood
- Sada ThompsonClaire
- Jack SomackLeon
- Gerald S. O'LoughlinCharlie
- Chris GampelMike Holstein
- Mary Alan HokansonFlo Holstein
- Robert BauerYoung Man
- Carol KaneYoung Girl
- Michael HigginsFrancis Early
- Michael McAloneyRaconteur
- Wallace RooneyMan on Subway
Stills
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Themes
depressionnew york cityhusband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookmidlife crisisdespairboredomparanoiafrigidityvandalismchildlessnessmiddle class