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The Rain People (1969)

The Rain People poster
Directed by
Francis Ford Coppola
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
R
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 80 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A middle-class housewife leaves her husband after finding out she is pregnant. She drives across the country, meeting different people along the way.

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What happens

The Rain People is a 1969 American road drama film written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and starring Shirley Knight, James Caan and Robert Duvall. The film centers on a middle-class housewife (Knight), who runs away from her husband after learning she is pregnant. Coppola's fourth directorial work, The Rain People was released by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts on August 27, 1969, and received generally positive reviews from critics. It won the Golden Shell at the 1969 San Sebastian Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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