A penniless heiress, a disillusioned nun, the suicidal playwright they both love, a hapless art forger and the playwright's wife converge on the empty Long Island home of an aging matriarch and squabble among themselves about their relative success or failure.
Acting
Aline MacMahon devours the screen as the withering matriarch.
Direction
Lee Grant's actor-first approach lets the chaos breathe.
Writing
Wit so sharp you'll need stitches.
Director
Lee Grant
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