Opening Night (1977)

Directors

John Cassavetes

Cast

Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, Paul Stewart, Zohra Lampert

The story

In New Haven, Connecticut, Myrtle Gordon is a famous but troubled middle-aged actress performing out-of-town previews of a new play called The Second Woman before its Broadway run. While leaving the theatre after a performance, Myrtle signs autographs and encounters an obsessive teenage fan, Nancy, who runs after Myrtle into the street and is struck by a car. The incident unsettles Myrtle, who goes to the girl's shiva, though her family greets her coolly.

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