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Spoiler-free premise
Two closely bound, emotionally wounded siblings reunite after years apart.
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Emotionally expansive Sarah Lawson reunites with brother Robert Harmon, a writer living among casual relationships and caring for a young daughter not his own. Sarah's divorce and custody loss bring both siblings into the same Los Angeles house.
Why it belongs
John Cassavetes lets Rowlands and Cassavetes transform sibling love into unruly performance, comedy, caretaking, fantasy, and emotional weather without stable boundaries.
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A crowded house, animals, suitcases, improvised dancing, beer, nighttime confessions, and sudden dreamlike gestures make affection excessive and unstable; Gena Rowlands's Sarah transforms pain into social action.
