Diane (film)

Movie
German title	Diane
Original title	Old boyfriends
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1979
length	90 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18
Rod
Director	Joan Tewkesbury
script	Paul Schrader and Leonard Schrader
production	Edward R. Pressman Michele Rappaport
music	David Shire
camera	William A. Fraker
cut	William H. Reynolds
occupation
Talia Shire : Dianne Cruise Richard Jordan : Jeff Turrin Keith Carradine : Wayne Van Til John Belushi : Eric Katz John Houseman : Doctor Hoffman Buck Henry : Art Kopple Nina Jordan : Dylan Turrin Gerrit Graham : Sam

Diane (Original Title: Old Boyfriends , Cross-Reference: My Old Friends ) is an American film directed by Joan Tewkesbury from 1979.

action

Diane Cruise works in clinical psychology in Los Angeles . After the death of her husband, she fell into a deep depression . In order to gain new courage to face life, she decides to visit three people who have shaped the course of her life.

Her journey first takes her to meet her college lover, Jeff. This works as a documentary filmmaker , divorced and raises his teenage daughter alone. Diane spends time with Jeff and his daughter Dylan, but soon travels on. The next stop is Eric Katz, who sexually assaulted her and later slandered her in front of her classmates. During the visit, Diane manages to get late revenge on Eric before she makes her way to the last stop of her trip.

When she tries to find her first love, Lewis Van Til, she instead meets his younger brother Wayne, who is Lewis's face. It turns out that Lewis has been dead for several years.

background

Diane was the directorial debut of Joan Tewkesbury, who had previously worked long with Robert Altman and wrote the scripts for his films Thieves Like Us and Nashville (film) . The film was not shown in German cinemas; the premiere was on video in 1985. In December 1991, ZDF first broadcast the film under the title Meine alten Freunde .

criticism

"A silent tragicomedy, not always consistent dramatically, but interpreted by an excellent cast of actors."

- Lexicon of international film

"The cast, including John Houseman, who plays a small role as a psychiatrist, invest a lot more of themselves in the film than it ever gives them back."

- The New York Times

Web links

• Diane in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Diane in the Lexicon of International Films
2. ↑ The New York Times (English)