Sweet Bird of Youth (1989)

Directed by

Nicolas Roeg

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A pretty drifter returns to his hometown with an aging movie star hoping to reclaim his past. Their tangled relationship exposes secrets and desperation among the local powerful figures.

melancholictenseslow-burnvisually lushtheatricalintimateemotionalglamorous

What happens

Sweet Bird of Youth (also known as Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth) is a 1989 American made-for-television drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Mark Harmon. Adapted from the 1959 Tennessee Williams play of the same name by Gavin Lambert, it focuses on the relationship between drifter Chance Wayne and faded movie star Alexandra Del Lago. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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