The power of words and images to open hearts. Helen runs, miles a day, to burn off energy: she’s an emotional celibate. Going through the post at her shop, she finds a romantic and poetic letter between the couch cushions, unsigned, and thinks it’s for her. It melts her resistance to feelings, and soon she undertakes an affair with Johnny, a collegiate employee. (He sees the letter and thinks she wrote it to him; he quotes some of it, so she thinks he wrote it to her.) In the background are Helen’s long-time friend, George, who loves her, and her mother who abruptly left on a long trip months’ before. Discovering who actually wrote the letter brings insight and promise.
Release Date: 21 May 1999Runtime: 88 min
Stars:
- Alice Drummond
- Bill Buell
- Blythe Danner
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Erik Jensen
- Gloria Stuart
- Jessica Capshaw
- Julianne Nicholson
- Kate Capshaw
- Lucas Hall
- Margaret Ann Brady
- Patrick Donnelly
- Tom Everett Scott
- Tom Selleck
- Walter Covell
Director: Peter Chan
