Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York (1975)

Directed by

Sidney J. Furie

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A shy young woman moves to New York City and moves in with an outgoing roommate. She falls for the roommate's boyfriend, leading to awkward romantic complications.

darkly comiclonelymelancholicwrybittersweetcringe-comedyromantic

What happens

Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York is a 1975 black comedy film directed by Sidney J. Furie starring Jeannie Berlin and Roy Scheider about a shy young woman who moves to New York City and falls in love with the boyfriend of her extroverted roommate. The film was co-written by Kenny Solms and Gail Parent, adapted from Parent's 1972 novel of the same name. The film was shot on location in New York City. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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