Love Streams (1984)

Love Streams (1984) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
134 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1984 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
John Cassavetes

Written By:
Ted Allan

Actors:
Gena Rowlands ..... Sarah Lawson
John Cassavetes ..... Robert Harmon
Diahnne Abbott ..... Susan
Seymour Cassel ..... Jack Lawson
Margaret Abbott ..... Margarita
Jakob Shaw ..... Albie Swanson
Eddy Donno ..... Stepfather Swanson
Joan Foley ..... Judge Dunbar
Al Ruban ..... Milton Kravitz
Tom Badal ..... Sam the lawyer
Julie Allan ..... Charlene
Doe Avedon ..... Mrs. Kiner
Frank Beetson ..... Cashier
Neil Bell ..... The Dog Man
Gregg Berger ..... Taxi Driver
Risa Blewitt ..... Debbie Lawson
Bronwyn Bober ..... Jeanine
Tony Brubaker ..... Frank
Logan Carter ..... Female Impersonator
Alexandra Cassavetes ..... Backup Singer
Jak Castro ..... Bit Part
Michele Conway ..... Agnes Swanson
Dominique Davalos ..... Backup Singer
Cindy Davidson ..... Annette
Raphael De Niro ..... Billy
Barbara DiFrenza ..... Mary
François Duhamel ..... French Porter
Joan Dykman ..... Phyllis
George Endoso ..... House Man
Robert Fieldsteel ..... Dr. Williams
John Finnegan ..... Taxi Driver
Michael O. Gallant ..... Bit Part
Leonard P. Geer ..... Lenny
Leslie Hope ..... Joanie
Jamie Horton ..... Porter
Jim W. Jones ..... Taxi Driver
Kelly Lawrence ..... Female Impersonator
Joe Le Flore ..... Bit Part
Renee Le Flore ..... Renee
Avraham Leibman ..... Porter
Al Lopez ..... Bit Part
Victoria Morgan ..... Laurie
Christopher Morley ..... Female Impersonator
Hugo Napton ..... Ben the Bartender
Christopher O'Neal ..... Phyllis George Delano
Phedon Papamichael ..... Taxi Driver
John Qualls ..... Taxi Driver
John Roselius ..... Ken
David Rowlands ..... The psychiatrist (as Dave Rowlands)
Dean Shindel ..... Bit Part
Michael Stein ..... Porter
Jessica St. John ..... Dottie
William C. Thompson ..... Porter
Susan Wolf ..... Jade Meadows Swift

Synopsis:

In this emotional roller coaster ride, Robert Harmon (John Cassavetes) is a street-wise, sometimes obnoxious writer currently working on a book about the seamier side of buying/selling love, and Sarah Lawson (Gena Rowlands) is an emotive wife and mother struggling through a divorce and custody battle. When Sarah lands on Robert's doorstep with her suitcases, it seems at first that she has returned to her husband. Robert has several women staying at his place (research sources!), but when his real ex-wife arrives with their young son, he sends the women packing. Sarah, it turns out, is Robert's sister. As the two work out their own live's hurdles -- Robert, the unaccustomed father with his 8-year-old son, and Sarah, trying to cope with her custody battle and its results -- their way of handling adversity and personal burdens becomes the real subtext of the film. This film won the Golden Bear Award at the 1984 Berlin Film Festival.

The film describes a few days in the life of the writer Robert Harmon and his sister Sarah. The decadent life of Robert is made of alcohol, cigarettes, and short-time relationships with women; women he interviews for a book, he spends a weekend with at a casino or fall in love with for the fun of an evening. Having no constraints, he his unable to be responsible for anything including the care of his son, leaving him alone in an hotel room and teaching the 12-years old boy how to drink. His life is made of his own phantasms as an artist. His sister is divorcing from her husband because of her exuberant and insane behavior. She scares her daughter Debbie who prefers to stay with her father, a decision that hurts Sarah very deeply and reinforces her nervous breakdown. Most of the movie takes place in the house of Robert. We watch Robert and Sarah struggling with their own lives. As the movie progresses, the house gets empty little by little...

While a successful writer researches an upcoming book on love for sale, a onetime girlfriend struggles through a divorce and custody case.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 03 May, 2011.

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