Orpheus Descending (1990)

Directed by

Peter Hall

Genre

tv movie, romance, drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 57m

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mysterious drifter arrives in a small Southern town and becomes involved with a lonely woman trapped in a loveless marriage. Their connection stirs up the town's repressed passions and secrets.

theatricalintimatetensemelancholiclyricalemotionalslow-burn

What happens

Orpheus Descending is a 1990 American television film starring Vanessa Redgrave and directed by Peter Hall. It is an adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play of the same name. Hall had directed Redgrave in an acclaimed Broadway production of the play a year earlier. The stage actors such as Redgrave, Kevin Anderson and Brad Sullivan reprised their roles for the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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