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Shy People
Directed byAndrei Konchalovsky
Written byAndrei Konchalovsky
Gerard Brach
Marjorie David
Produced byYoram Globus
Menahem Golan
StarringBarbara Hershey
Jill Clayburgh
Martha Plimpton
CinematographyChris Menges
Edited byAlain Jakubowicz
Music byTangerine Dream
Distributed byGolan-Globus
Release date
1988
Running time
118 min
LanguageEnglish
BudgetN/A

Shy People is a family drama from 1987. It is directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and written by Konchalovsky, Marjorie David and Gerard Brach. The music is by the German electronica pop group Tangerine Dream and the cinematography is by Chris Menges. It is featured the talents of Barbara Hershey, Jill Clayburgh, and Martha Plimpton in the leading roles.

Plot summary

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Diana Sullivan (Jill Clayburgh) is a successful writer and photo journalist from Manhattan. Her daughter Grace (Martha Plimpton) is cocaine addicted. A commission by the Cosmopolitan magazine to write an article about a lost branch of Diana's family tree lead them to the bayous of Louisiana. During their search for Joe, the brother of Diana's grandfather they learned that he is disappeared or even dead and his widow, the iron-willed Ruth (Barbara Hershey), lives alone with her four adult and problem burden sons Tommy, Mark, Pauly, and Mike in the swamps. Joe and Ruth have married when Ruth was twelve, but Joe was a monster who have beaten and tortured his wife just for fun. Ruth and her sons have a completely other attitude to life than Diana and Grace and so the clash of the cultures brings a tragic result for all involved. While Diana is delighted by this odd family, Grace sinks to boredom. After Grace had given a cocaine party the problems of the four brothers finished in a catastrophe. Tommy and Mark are killing eachother and Grace is driving with a boat through the bayou followed by an alligator.

Trivia

Shy People was one of the last movie roles for Merrit Butrick who died on AIDS in 1989.

Filming

Cinematographer Chris Menges did a great job to work out the contrast between the loud city life of Manhattan and the almost ghostly silence of the swamps in Louisiana.

Awards and Nominations

Cast


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