A group of women gather for the birthday party of a friend and discuss their lives and associations with food.
Acting
Cast improvised heavily; rawness feels almost invasive.
Writing
Jaglom's female characters talk like actual humans, not scripts.
Production
Shot in real home; birthday party is genuinely happening.
Director
Henry Jaglom
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Frances Bergen is Candice Bergen's mother; her real-life husband Edgar died during filming, and she continued shooting.
Jaglom's 'serious comedy' approach pioneered a microgenre of 90s indie films where women simply talked—influencing everything from 'Walking and Talking' to early Duplass brothers work.
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