A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.
Acting
Huston and Olin weaponize vulnerability — devastating.
Writing
Mazursky adapts Singer with wit that stings.
Director
Paul Mazursky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mazursky, himself Brooklyn-born to Russian-Jewish immigrants, filmed in actual post-war Coney Island locations to capture authentic displacement.
Isaac Bashevis Singer hated the film, calling it 'commercial trash' — Mazursky reportedly kept this framed in his office.
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