Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)

Directed by

Rodrigo García Márquez

Genre

drama film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 101 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The movie weaves together five short stories about women in Los Angeles. Each story follows a different woman as she deals with loneliness, desire, or dissatisfaction in her life. The vignettes are loosely connected by shared characters and overlapping moments.

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What happens

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her is a 2000 American romantic drama film written and directed by Rodrigo García and starring an ensemble cast. The film consists of five stories, or vignettes, all centering on women and loosely tied together to examine themes of loneliness, dissatisfaction, longing, and/or desire. The film, García's directing debut, was shown at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival and won the Un Certain Regard Award. Though the film was originally intended as a theatrical release, its distributor MGM sold the film to Showtime, where it premiered on March 11, 2001. Holly Hunter was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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