At her husband's funeral, Pearl, Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend of her husband, whose advice years previously had stopped the husband leaving home. For 23 years he, now a widower, has secretly loved Pearl.
Shirley MacLaine
Marcello Mastroianni
Bob Dishy
Jessica Tandy
Kathy Bates
Marcia Gay Harden
Sylvia Sidney
Doris Roberts
Helen Hanft
Maria Rosaria Russo
Ida Bernardini
Irving Metzman
Lee Wallace
Joe Pantoliano
Charles Cioffi
Emma Tammi