Used People
“A story about love, family and other embarrassments.”
At her husband's funeral, Pearl, Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend of her husband, whose advice years previously had stopped the husband leaving home. For 23 years he, now a widower, has secretly loved Pearl.
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Cast
17 people
Shirley MacLaine
Pearl Berman
Known for
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Apartment
Marcello Mastroianni
Joe Meledandri
Known for
8½
La Dolce Vita
Bob Dishy
Jack Berman
Known for
Along Came Polly
Don Juan DeMarco
Jessica Tandy
Freida
Known for
The Birds
Driving Miss Daisy
Kathy Bates
Bibby Berman
Known for
Titanic
Misery
Marcia Gay Harden
Norma
Known for
Into the Wild
The Mist
Sylvia Sidney
Becky
Known for
Beetlejuice
Sabotage
Doris Roberts
Tante Lonnie
Known for
Everybody Loves Raymond
Grandma's Boy
Helen Hanft
Aunt Ruthie
Known for
Manhattan
Stardust Memories
Maria Rosaria Russo
Theresa
Known for
Doc
Everything Everything Nothing Nothing
Ida Bernardini
Aunt Louisa
Also in
The Godfather Part III
A Bronx Tale
Irving Metzman
Uncle Al
Known for
WarGames
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Beeban Kidron Director · Todd Graff Screenplay Rachel Portman Composer
Worldwide gross $18M · Budget $16M · United States release December 16, 1992
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Budget
$16,000,000
Worldwide gross
$18,000,000
Gross vs. budget
1.1×
Production
Largo Entertainment
Production
JVC
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
JVC Entertainment Networks
Production
United States · Japan
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 16, 1992
Limited theatrical
United States
January 22, 1993 · Theatrical
Czechia
September 1, 1995 · Physical
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