Gena Rowlands plays a nervous actress on the brink of a breakdown as she prepares for the opening night of her Broadway play. The entire movie takes place in the few days prior to the opening and shows the backstage turmoil of a doomed production. Rowlands begins to fall apart when an adoring fan dies in an accident and she is forced to look hard at her life.
Starring:
Gena Rowlands
John Cassavetes
Joan Blondell
Ben Gazzara.
Studio: Faces Distribution
Filmed: 1977 - Released: 1977
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