Crimes of the Heart (1986)

19862h 23mdir. Bruce BeresfordUnited Statescomedy filmdrama film

Note: this print runs 143 minutes against a recorded 104 to 105 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, Tess Harper, Hurd Hatfield, Tom Mason, Greg Travis

Directed by Bruce Beresford

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Crimes of the Heart is a 1986 American black comedy drama film directed by Bruce Beresford from a screenplay written by Beth Henley adapted from her Pulitzer Prize-winning 1979 play. It stars Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, Tess Harper, and Hurd Hatfield. The film's narrative follows the Magrath sisters, Babe, Lenny and Meg, who reunite in their family home in Mississippi after the former is arrested for shooting her husband. Each sister is forced to face the consequences of the "crimes of the heart" she has committed.

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