72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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The Rain People

Francis Ford Coppola
     101 m.
Synopsis
Natalie announces her pregnancy and need for a break over the phone to her husband from a petrol station. Picking up Jimmie, a hitch-hiker with serious brain injuries caused by a sporting accident which has left him with the mentality of a child, she takes him to the house of Ellen, an old girlfriend, who wants nothing to do with him. Natalie decides to take him with her, marking the start of an eventful voyage through numerous American states towards tragedy.
Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Screenplay
Francis Ford Coppola
Photography
Wilmer Butler
Edition
Blackie Malkin
Music
Ronald Stein
Cast
James Caan, Shirley Knight, Robert Duvall, Marya Zimmet, Tom Aldredge, Laurie Crews
Running Time
101 m.
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