Last Summer in the Hamptons
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1h 48m
Directed by Henry Jaglom | 108 mins | 1995
Percolating existential crises, too-candid conversation, and, naturally, theatrics are in ample store when a family of stage actors and directors and playwrights assemble to bid farewell to their old summer house in this Cherry Orchard-tinted dramedy. As matriarch Helena Mora, her final screen role, Swedish actress Viveca Lindfors presides over an admirable ensemble cast that includes Roddy McDowall, Andre Gregory, and Holland Taylor.
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