Violet Carrera
Everyone in Marco's life seems constantly restless, from his brilliant but unhappily married parents to his own wife Marina, or even Luisa, the real love of his life, a girl he met during a fateful summer in the '70s and always stayed in touch with. Tragedy and fate seem to haunt him, yet he somehow manages never to get ensnared in the chaos—like his namesake, “the hummingbird”, he focuses all his energy at standing still.
Naomi
Getting Personal is a modern take on human connections and interactions explored via four couples who are on first dates resulting from personal ads. This witty, offbeat comedy/drama offers up a mix of characters who dramatize gay, lesbian and straight relationships. They travel paths through loss and starting over, pornography and religion, control vs. complacency, and sex vs. intimacy. As the characters connect, rant, kiss or recite bad poetry, they serve as stand-ins for all of us who have ever been in love, lust, a romantic relationship, or just on a really bad date...
Art History Student (uncredited)
1953 год. В Америке идет борьба женщин за свои права, и в это время Кэтрин Энн Уотсон, выпускница Беркли, получает место преподавателя истории искусств в женском колледже Уэллесли. Однако среди руководства и преподавательского состава колледжа преобладают патриархальные взгляды на роль женщины в этом мире. Кэтрин со страстным энтузиазмом бросается в борьбу за равноправие полов, и оказывает огромное влияние на студенток, в том числе на Бетти и Джоан. Общение с ними меняет не только их, но и заставляет ее по-новому взглянуть на собственную жизнь…
