MURDER and murder
6.7
“Mildred and Doris are two middle-aged women.”
Mildred and Doris are two middle-aged white women, from very different backgrounds, who become lovers and set up house together. Film explores the pleasures and uncertainties of later-life emotional attachment and lesbian identity in a culture that glorifies youth and heterosexual romance.
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Cast
24 people
Joanna Merlin
Doris
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
City of Angels
Kathleen Chalfant
Mildred
Known for
Storm of the Century
The Affair
Yvonne Rainer
Also in
Amy!
What Maisie Knew
Stephen Kazmierski
Catherine Kellner
Young Mildred
Known for
Pearl Harbor
Six Degrees of Separation
Stephen McCabe
Isa Thomas
Jenny
Also in
A Flash of Green
Walking and Talking
Kristy Tully
Jennie Moreau
Flo
Known for
Weekend at Bernie's II
Thomas Daniel
Kendal Thomas
Jeffrey
No other roles listed
Linda Gui
Yvonne Rainer Director · Stephen Kazmierski Cinematographer Stephen McCabe Production designer
United States release November 17, 1996 · Produced in United States
Production
MURDER and murder Production
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United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 10, 1996
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · November 17, 1996
Premiere · Reeling Chicago Gay Lesbian Film Festival
United States
July 20, 1997 · Premiere
Australia
August 25, 2024 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
April 4, 1997 · Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival
Taiwan
January 1, 1997 · Premiere · Women Make Waves International Film Festival
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