MURDER and murder

Mildred and Doris are two middle-aged white women, from very different backgrounds, who become lovers and set up house together. Film explores the pleasures and uncertainties of later-life emotional attachment and lesbian identity in a culture that glorifies youth and heterosexual romance.

4.5

113 min

Cast

Joanna Merlin

as Doris

Kathleen Chalfant

as Mildred

Catherine Kellner

as Young Mildred

Isa Thomas

as Jenny

Jennie Moreau

as Flo

Kendal Thomas

as Jeffrey

Alice Playten

as Alice

Daniel Martin Berkey

as Evan

Jones Miller

as Bar Girl

Rod McLachlan

as Jim

Rainn Wilson

as George

Director

Yvonne Rainer