
84 minutes
10/13/1988
Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acoustic anomaly she can hear all that is said in the next apartment in which a psychiatrist holds his office. When she hears a young woman tell that she finds it harder and harder to bear her life, Marion starts to reflect on her own life. After a series of events she comes to understand how her unemotional attitude towards the people around her affected them and herself.

Gena Rowlands
as Marion

Mia Farrow
as Hope

Ian Holm
as Ken

Blythe Danner
as Lydia

Gene Hackman
as Larry

Betty Buckley
as Kathy

Martha Plimpton
as Laura

John Houseman
as Marion's Father

Sandy Dennis
as Claire

David Ogden Stiers
as Young Marion's Father

Philip Bosco
as Sam

Harris Yulin
as Paul

Frances Conroy
as Lynn

Fred Melamed
as Patient's Voice / Engagement Party Guest

Kenneth Welsh
as Donald

Bruce Jay Friedman
as Mark
Bernie Leighton
as Piano Player
Jack Gelber
as Birthday Party Guest
Paul Sills
as Birthday Party Guest
John Schenck
as Birthday Party Guest
Noel Behn
as Engagement Party Guest
Gretchen Dahm
as Engagement Party Guest
Janet Frank
as Engagement Party Guest

Dana Ivey
as Engagement Party Guest

Alice Spivak
as Engagement Party Guest
Mary Laslo
as Clara
Carol Schultz
as Young Clara
Dax Munna
as Little Paul
Heather Sullivan
as Little Marion
Margaret Marx
as Young Marion
Jennifer Lynn McComb
as Young Claire
Caroline McGee
as Marion's Mother

Stephen Mailer
as Young Paul
Jacques Levy
as Jack
Dee Dee Friedman
as Waitress

Josh Hamilton
as Laura's Boyfriend

Kathryn Grody
as Cynthia
John Towey
as Waiter

Michael Kirby
as Psychiatrist
Fred Sweda
as Tom Banks
Jill Whitaker
as Eleanor Banks