starring Joanne Woodward, Estelle Parsons
The season of Paul Newman films continues with his remarkable directorial debut, a brilliant portrait of a small town in Connecticut. Joanne Woodward stars as Rachel Cameron, a schoolteacher who realises that she has reached the 'exact middle' of her life. She is unmarried, living with and looking after her widowed mother and can find no escape from an increasingly stultifying life. But Rachel begins to realise that change is possible. Life can mean more than a never-ending sameness. This moving film is a deeply felt portrait of one woman and her personification of the human spirit and its resilience.
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