Anne Tyler

Películas

Back When We Were Grownups
Novel
A 53-year-old widow believes she's turned into the wrong person in this bittersweet tale based on Anne Tyler's best-seller. Beck's (Blythe Danner) plate is full: She runs a catering business and cares for her large family, but feels lost inside. Determined to find herself, Beck embarks on a journey, starting with her ex-beau (Peter Fonda) and ending with an unexpected soul mate. Jack Palance, Peter Riegert, Faye Dunaway and Ione Skye also star.
Earthly Possessions
Novel
A bored wife, who is planning to run away from her minister husband, is taken hostage in a bank robbery. However, she sees the thrill in being involved in the chase and becomes an accomplice to helping the younger robber escape his pursuers. As things progress, she learns he pulled the robbery to get enough money to help his pregnant girlfriend leave a home for unwed mothers. The two have a brief flirtation, but it is clear the housewife just needs something to enliven her life.
A Slipping Down Life
Novel
A young woman becomes obsessed with a small-time North Carolina rock singer.
Bondad en el alma
Novel
Ian es un muchacho de 17 años, proveniente de una clase media-baja de Baltimore, que se culpa del suicidio de su hermano por una conversación que tiene con él antes de su muerte.
Breathing Lessons
Novel
Un matrimonio revisa sus vidas y renueva su amor mientras conducen al funeral de un amigo.
El turista accidental
Novel
Macon Leary (William Hurt), un escritor de guías de viajes para hombres de negocios, acaba de sufrir un terrible golpe al morir su hijo en un accidente. Su abatimiento y apatía son tales que su universo personal y familiar se desmorona, y su mujer decide abandonarlo. Un día conoce por casualidad a la extravagante Muriel (Geena Davis), una joven con un carácter, una educación y unas circunstancias personales que, a primera vista, la hacen diametralmente opuesta a él; sin embargo, a su lado, Macon va recuperando poco a poco las ganas de vivir.