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Strapless

Screening on Film
Directed by David Hare.
With Blair Brown, Bruno Ganz, Bridget Fonda.
UK, 1989, 35mm, color, 99 min.

Blair Brown stars as an American doctor practicing in London, driven by her strong belief in the British health care system. Her routine existence is challenged by the arrival of her sister (Fonda), a free-spirit who dreams of becoming a fashion designer, as well as a mysterious millionaire (Ganz) whom she meets on vacation in Portugal. Just as she gives herself over to romance, her lover disappears, leaving behind an unsettling revelations about his past. Noted writer David Hare (The Hours) strikes an appropriate balance between cynicism and sentiment in this modern, middle-age melodrama.

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