Between Strangers
Between Strangers ★★ 2002 (R)
Three Toronto women suffer personal crises and contemplate changing their lives. Housewife Olivia (Loren) is debating whether to leave her abusive invalid husband (Postlethwaite); war photographer Natalia (Sorvino) is burned out trying to live up to her father's reputation and contemplates a career change; and cellist Catherine (Unger) is upset over her father's (McDowell) recent release from prison for a crime that has haunted her since childhood. Ponti's debut and his mom Loren's 100th film. 97m/C VHS, DVD . US CA IT Sophia Loren, Mira Sorvino, Deborah Kara Unger, Pete Postlethwaite, Malcolm McDowell, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Gerard Depardieu, Wendy Crewson, Andrew Tarbet; D: Edoardo Ponti; W: Edoardo Ponti; C: Gregory Middleton; M: Zbigniew Preis ner.