

Some people need love spelled out for them.
February 9, 1990
1h 44m
EN
Martin Ritt
An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night.

Jane Fonda
Iris King

Robert De Niro
Stanley Cox

Swoosie Kurtz
Sharon

Martha Plimpton
Kelly King


Pat Barker, Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch
175

Jamey Sheridan
Joe

Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Leonides Cox

Zohra Lampert
Elaine

Loretta Devine
Bertha

Kathy Kinney
Bernice

Harley Cross
Richard King
Star Partners II
US

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
US
Lantana Productions
US