Heartbreak Kid

Archival

June 14
6:00pm
In Person
Innis Town Hall
COUNTRY
United States
Year
1972
Running Time
106 minutes
Language
English
Director
Elaine May
FREE

A special screening of the classic comedy from Elaine May. Charles Grodin delivers one of his best performances as Lenny Cantrow, a man certain that something better is just around the corner. Days after marrying his naïve, doting wife Lila (Jeannie Berlin), Lenny meets Kelly Corcoran (the legendary Cybill Shepherd), the sophisticated blond bombshell he believes is his true love. The Heartbreak Kid is a razor-sharp comedy of self-delusion and romantic opportunism, satirizing the American pursuit of perfection with biting humour and one of cinema’s most brilliantly awkward breakups. See also Charles Grodin: Rebel with a Cause.A 2K preservation of a 16mm print by Elizabeth Purchell

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Heartbreak Kid

Running Time: 106