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Rachel, Rachel is a american film of genre Drama directed by Paul Newman released in USA on 26 august 1968 with Joanne Woodward
Rachel, Rachel (1968)
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Add to a movie listRachel, Rachel is a 1968 American drama Technicolor film produced and directed by Paul Newman. The screenplay by Stewart Stern is based on the 1966 novel A Jest of God by Canadian author Margaret Laurence.
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Rachel Cameron (Joanne Woodward) is a shy, 35-year-old spinster schoolteacher living with her widowed mother in an apartment above the funeral home once owned by her father in a small town in Connecticut. School is out for summer vacation and Rachel figures it will just be another lonely and boring summer for her. (Its implied that she may even hate summer as her job provided somewhat of an escape from her rather domineering mother who's always trying to compare her to her sister who married a successful man.) Fellow unmarried teacher and best friend Calla Mackie (Estelle Parsons) persuades her to attend a revival meeting, where a visiting preacher encourages Rachel to express her need for the love of Jesus Christ. Rachel is overwhelmed by God's grace, baring so much pent-up emotion, that she is humbled after the service; comforting her, Calla suddenly begins to kiss Rachel passionately. Is Calla a lesbian, or did she merely react to the emotion of the moment? The film does not answer this question, but Rachel's reaction is to withdraw from the friendship for the time being.Actors
Joanne Woodward
(Rachel Cameron)
James Olson
(Nick Kazlik)
Estelle Parsons
(Calla Mackie)
Geraldine Fitzgerald
(Rev. Wood)
Kate Harrington
(May Cameron)
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