Desperate Characters (1971)

Directed by

Frank D. Gilroy

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple in their 30s lives a comfortable but discontented life in New York City. They struggle with the emotional distance between them and the bleakness of their surroundings.

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What happens

Desperate Characters is a 1971 American drama film produced, written, and directed by Frank D. Gilroy, who based his screenplay on the 1970 novel of the same name by Paula Fox. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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