Shy People

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Shy People is a 1987 American drama film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky that explores cultural and familial clashes when a New York journalist visits her reclusive relatives in the Louisiana bayou.

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instanceOf film
awardReceived Best Actress Award at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival
awardReceivedBy Barbara Hershey NERFINISHED
cinematographer Chris Menges NERFINISHED
composer Tangerine Dream NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Andrei Konchalovsky NERFINISHED
distributor Cannon Films NERFINISHED
editor Chris Blunden NERFINISHED
filmFestivalSelection 1987 Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Louisiana NERFINISHED
New York NERFINISHED
genre drama
mainCharacterOccupation journalist
narrativeFocus cultural clash
family conflict
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A New York journalist visits her reclusive relatives in the Louisiana bayou, leading to cultural and familial clashes.
producer Andrei Konchalovsky NERFINISHED
Menahem Golan NERFINISHED
Yoram Globus NERFINISHED
productionCompany Cannon Films NERFINISHED
Golan-Globus Productions NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1987-05-14 (Cannes premiere)
releaseYear 1987
runtime approximately 115 minutes
screenwriter Andrei Konchalovsky NERFINISHED
Gerard Brach NERFINISHED
Richard Price NERFINISHED
setting Louisiana bayou NERFINISHED
New York City
starring Barbara Hershey NERFINISHED
Don Swayze NERFINISHED
Jill Clayburgh NERFINISHED
John Philbin NERFINISHED
Marek Konrad NERFINISHED
Martha Plimpton NERFINISHED
Merritt Butrick NERFINISHED
Pruitt Taylor Vince NERFINISHED
theme culture clash
family legacy
isolation
urban-rural divide

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