

“A story about love, family and other embarrassments.”
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.

Sylvia Sidney
Becky

Doris Roberts
Tante Lonnie

Helen Hanft
Aunt Ruthie

Maria Rosaria Russo
Theresa

Ida Bernardini
Aunt Louisa

Irving Metzman
Uncle Al

Lee Wallace
Uncle Harry

Joe Pantoliano
Frank

Charles Cioffi
Paolo

Emma Tammi
Young Bibby

Louis Guss
Uncle Normy