Rachel, Rachel

Rachel, Rachel

1968 · 101 min · EN · R · 6.5 (49 votes)
Dir. Paul Newman · Starring Joanne Woodward, James Olson, Kate Harrington, Estelle Parsons, Donald Moffat, Terry Kiser · Music Jerome Moross

Who was she? Sometimes she was a child skipping rope. Sometimes she was a woman with a passionate hunger. And one day the woman and the child came together...

DramaRomance

Rachel is a 35 year old school teacher who has no man in her life and lives with her mother. When a man from the big city returns and asks her out, she begins to have to make decisions about her life and where she wants it to go.

VIBE

A quiet, deeply felt portrait of a woman grappling with her own desires and the life she's built. It feels like a hushed conversation, full of unspoken longing and the hesitant steps toward self-discovery.

melancholicintrospectivewistfulvulnerableslow-burncharacter studykitchen sink dramanaturalisticidentitylonelinesscoming-of-agesocietal expectations
elementary schoolteacherschool
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