Shy People

Shy People

1987 · 118 min · EN · R · 6.4 (27 votes)
Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky · Starring Jill Clayburgh, Barbara Hershey, Martha Plimpton, Merritt Butrick, John Philbin, Don Swayze · Music Christopher Franke

“Women from separate worlds bound by a secret that will haunt them forever.”

Drama

A Cosmo Magazine journalist and her daughter leave New York City to visit their distant relatives deep in the bayous of Louisiana.

VIBE

A slow-burn, atmospheric drama steeped in the humid, insular world of the Louisiana bayou. It's a gritty, character-driven piece exploring the stark contrasts between rural poverty and urban life, laced with familial tension and the pervasive shadow of addiction.

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