Desperate Characters
Sophie and Otto Bentwood are set in their ways. And unsettled in their hearts. They're Desperate Characters, trapped in a marriage that no longer works... yet unable to break free. In a performance widely cited as a career breakthrough, Shirley MacLaine portrays Sophie in this compelling grown-up drama that, in its own jolting way, is a love story.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Shirley MacLaine
Sophie Bentwood
Kenneth Mars
Otto Bentwood
Sada Thompson
Claire
Jack Somack
Leon
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Charlie
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Chris Gampel
Mike Holstein
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Mary Alan Hokanson
Flo Holstein
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Robert Bauer
Young Man
Carol Kane
Young Girl
Michael Higgins
Francis Early
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Ron Carter
Composer
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Jim Hall
Composer
Lee Konitz
Composer
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Urs Furrer
Cinematographer