Synopsis
Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acoustic anomaly she can hear all that is said in the next apartment in which a psychiatrist holds his office. When she hears a young woman tell that she finds it harder and harder to bear her life, Marion starts to reflect on her own life. After a series of events she comes to understand how her unemotional attitude towards the people around her affected them and herself.
Cast

Gena Rowlands
Marion

Mia Farrow
Hope

Ian Holm
Ken

Blythe Danner
Lydia

Gene Hackman
Larry

Betty Buckley
Kathy

Martha Plimpton
Laura

John Houseman
Marion's Father

Sandy Dennis
Claire

David Ogden Stiers
Young Marion's Father

Philip Bosco
Sam

Harris Yulin
Paul

Frances Conroy
Lynn

Fred Melamed
Patient's Voice / Engagement Party Guest

Kenneth Welsh
Donald

Bruce Jay Friedman
Mark
Bernie Leighton
Piano Player
Jack Gelber
Birthday Party Guest
Paul Sills
Birthday Party Guest
John Schenck
Birthday Party Guest
Noel Behn
Engagement Party Guest
Gretchen Dahm
Engagement Party Guest
Janet Frank
Engagement Party Guest

Dana Ivey
Engagement Party Guest
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