
At her husband's funeral, Pearl, Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend of her husband, whose advice years previously had stopped the husband leaving home. For 23 years he, now a widower, has secretly loved Pearl.
Cast

Shirley MacLaine
Pearl Berman

Marcello Mastroianni
Joe Meledandri

Bob Dishy
Jack Berman

Jessica Tandy
Freida

Kathy Bates
Bibby Berman

Marcia Gay Harden
Norma

Sylvia Sidney
Becky

Doris Roberts
Tante Lonnie

Helen Hanft
Aunt Ruthie

Maria Rosaria Russo
Theresa
Ida Bernardini
Aunt Louisa

Irving Metzman
Uncle Al

Lee Wallace
Uncle Harry

Joe Pantoliano
Frank

Charles Cioffi
Paolo

Emma Tammi
Young Bibby

Louis Guss
Uncle Normy
Crew

Beeban Kidron
Director

Todd Graff
Screenplay
John Tintori
Editor

David Watkin
Director of Photography
Peggy Rajski
Producer
Stuart Wurtzel
Production Design
Mary Colquhoun
Casting

Marilyn Vance
Costume Design
Ann Brodie
Key Makeup Artist

Rachel Portman
Original Music Composer
Hilton Rosemarin
Set Decoration

Sandy McLeod
Script Supervisor

Patricia Birch
Choreographer
Gregory P. Keen
Art Direction
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