This film is made up of three segments that share no plot but have a general thematic relationship. In the first segment, Virginia and her three children are left by her shiftless husband and she is courted by an old beau who is now divorced. In the second, a divorced woman reacts to some unexpected revelations from her aged father. In the third, a childless, middle-aged social worker is swept into an affair with a young cab driver and finds herself pregnant.
Writing
Grace Paley's dialogue snaps like a rubber band.
Acting
Kevin Bacon as baby daddy cab driver? Unhinged casting.
Direction
Three women directors, three distinct visual approaches.
Director
Ellen Giffard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Kevin Bacon's second film role—he'd break through with Footloose just one year later. Wild trajectory.
Grace Paley refused to let Hollywood adapt her stories for decades; this low-budget indie was the compromise she finally accepted.
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