
★ 5.3 · 2016
Sophie and Otto Bentwood are a middle-aged, middle class, childless Brooklyn Heights couple trapped in a loveless marriage. He is an attorney, she a translator of books. Their existence is affected not only by their disintegrating relationship but by the threats of urban crime and vandalism that surround them everywhere they turn, leaving them feeling paranoid, scared, and desperately helpless.
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Desperate Characters released in 1971. Moviely hosts cinematic wallpapers captured from the movie's official backdrop imagery.
Desperate Characters is categorized as Drama.
Frank D. Gilroy directed Desperate Characters.
Desperate Characters stars Shirley MacLaine, Kenneth Mars, Sada Thompson, Jack Somack, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, and more.
Desperate Characters has a runtime of 1h 37min.
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