Two 12-year-olds, the products of Upper West Side broken homes, struggle to make sense of their parents lives and their own adolescent feelings.
Acting
Trini Alvarado and Jeremy Levy carry this with unsettling naturalism.
Writing
Children speak like tiny adults; somehow it lands instead of grating.
Director
Robert M. Young
Trini Alvarado
Franny Philips
Kathryn Walker
Madeline Philips
John Lithgow
Paul Philips
Terry Kiser
Ralph Harris
David Selby
Steve Sloan
Roberta Maxwell
Barbara Peterfreund
Paul Dooley
Simon Peterfreund
Irene Worth
Madeline's Mother
Olympia Dukakis
Lawyer
Jill Eikenberry
Juilliard Student
Kathryn Grody
Gym Teacher
Beatrice Winde
Corine
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released the same year as Kramer vs. Kramer, this was part of a wave of 1970s films treating divorce as mundane rather than scandalous—though its class specificity (private schools, therapists, Upper West Side co-ops) makes it a fascinating time capsule.
Robert M. Young shot much of this in actual Manhattan apartments, and the children's naturalistic performances came from extensive improvisation workshops—rare for the era.
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