Loretta Castorini, a Brooklyn bookkeeper in her late 30s whose husband died several years earlier in a bus accident, decides it’s time to get married again. So she accepts the proposal of a nice, middle-aged fellow named Johnny Cammareri. Loretta is convinced her first marriage was cursed because she and her husband had gotten married at City Hall; this time, she’s determined to do things right, even as she admits to her mother, Rose, that she’s not really in love with Johnny. (To which Rose replies: “Good. When you love them, they drive you crazy, ’cause they know they can.” Rose speaks from rueful experience; she suspects, with good reason, that her husband, Cosmo, is cheating on her.) Loretta is convinced that marrying Johnny is the safe and sure thing to do – until she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, who tends the ovens in a neighborhood bakery. Loretta discovers that in startling contrast to the pleasant, mild-mannered Johnny, Ronny is moody and passionate; what follow…
Release Date: 15 January 1988Runtime: 102 min
Stars:
- Anita Gillette
- Cher
- Danny Aiello
- Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
- Gina DeAngeles
- Joe Grifasi
- John Mahoney
- Julie Bovasso
- Leonardo Cimino
- Louis Guss
- Nada Despotovich
- Nicolas Cage
- Olympia Dukakis
- Paula Trueman
- Vincent Gardenia
Director: Norman Jewison
