Something Short of Paradise (1979)
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Directors
David Helpern
Cast
David Steinberg, Susan Sarandon
The story
Madeleine Ross (Susan Sarandon) is a journalist, and her boyfriend, Harris Sloane (David Steinberg), is the owner of an art theatre. Their relationship is on-again/off-again, and when Madeleine meets the French star Jean-Fidel Mileau (Jean-Pierre Aumont) it provokes changes in the way she and Harris feel about each other.
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romantic comedy
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