Same Time, Next Year
Based on Bernard Slade's Broadway play, this film is about George (Alan Alda), a married New Jersey accountant, and Doris (Ellen Burstyn), a housewife. The two accidentally meet in a Californian country inn in 1951 and have an affair, which they continue for the next 25 years, meeting only once a year for a weekend getaway at the same hotel. Through their involvement, the audience witnesses the changes in America and its lifestyles over the course of a quarter of a decade.
Year: 1978
Genre: Comedy Romance, Romance, Alice's Playhouse
Country: USA
Director: Robert Mulligan
Starring: Alan Alda, Ellen Burstyn
Duration: 119 Minutes
Rating: R16
7.2/10
Location in store: Comedy Romance
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