The story is told in three main arcs, with most of it occurring during a 24-month period beginning and ending at Thanksgiving parties, held at The Langham, hosted by Hannah, and her husband, Elliot. Hannah serves as the stalwart hub of the narrative; most of the events of the film connect to her. Elliot becomes infatuated with one of Hannah's sisters, Lee, and eventually begins an affair with her. Elliot attributes his behavior to his discontent with his wife's self-sufficiency and resentment of her emotional strength. Lee has lived for five years with a reclusive artist, Frederick, who is much older. She finds her relationship with Frederick no longer intellectually or sexually stimulating, in spite of (or maybe because of) Frederick's professed interest in continuing to teach her. She leaves Frederick after he discovers her affair with Elliot. For the remainder of the year between the first and second Thanksgiving gatherings, Elliot and Lee carry on their affair despite Elliot's inability to end his marriage to Hannah. Lee finally ends the affair during the second Thanksgiving, explaining that she is finished waiting for him to commit and that she has started dating someone else. Read more on Wikipedia.
MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
Genre: | Comedy, Drama |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Charles H. Joffe, Robert Greenhut, Gail Sicilia, Jack Rollins |
Directed By: | Woody Allen |
Written By: | Woody Allen |
Cast: | Lloyd Nolan, Christian Clemenson, Carrie Fisher, Soon-Yi Previn, Branden Marlowe, Leo Postrel, Rusty Magee, Susan Gordon-Clark, Joanna Gleason, Michael Caine, John Turturro, Mia Farrow, Allen DeCheser, J.T. Walsh, Julie Kavner, Artie DeCheser, Richard Jenkins, Daniel Stern, Benno Schmidt, Lewis Black, Carrotte, Bernie Leighton, Barbara Hershey, Ivan Kronenfeld, Fred Melamed, Paul Bates, Maureen O'Sullivan, Helen Miller, Stephen De Fluiter, Max Von Sydow, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Maria Chiara, John Doumanian, Dianne Wiest, Woody Allen, Verna O. Hobson, Tony Roberts, Ira Wheeler |
In Theaters: | Mar 14, 1986 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 43 minutes |
Production: | Orion Pictures |
Box Office: | $40,084,041 |
Available On: | Amazon |