A married couple takes an extended holiday in Puerto Rico where their resentment and marital dysfunction begin to boil over. They meet an attractive couple who they invite over for dinner and soon start to learn about love and romance from their new friends. But it may be too late to save their marriage.
Direction
Bill Gunn's uncompromising gaze—no easy answers
Acting
Linda Marsh's brittle, wounded precision
Cinematography
Puerto Rico as humid, claustrophobic paradise
Director
Bill Gunn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bill Gunn, a Black director working in white indie cinema, layers unspoken racial tension beneath the marital warfare—Richard and Marlene's ease vs. the white couple's brittleness speaks volumes.
Gunn made this between stage success and his cult horror masterpiece Ganja & Hess; Stop! was barely distributed and nearly lost, making it a genuine buried treasure of early 70s American independent film.
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