
“She loved too much. He didn't love anyone. One fine day, their paths met.”
Two closely-bound, emotionally wounded siblings reunite after years apart.
Release Date: 3/22/1984
Runtime: 141 minutes
Languages: English, French, Spanish
Director: John Cassavetes
00Companies: The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
Countries: United States of America
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It was wonderful seeing John Cassavetes and wife Gena Rowlands play brother and sister, each with serious sanity issues, in 'Love Streams' (I had only previously seen them together in the stellar 'Opening Night', my favourite Cassavetes film), from a script he co-wrote with the author of the 1980 stage play, Ted Allan (Cassavetes' character, Robert Harmon, was originally played by Jon Voight on stage). While his earliest film, 'Shadows', is least pleasing to me simply because I don't feel his cast there was of the quality necessary to handle that large degree of spontaneity and improvisation, by two decades later, he had refined (and perhaps perfected) his approach, and it's a great day for the two stars as well as stock company mainstay Seymour Cassel, who's always a treat to see. I strongly urge that if you have a sibling you love but currently have problems relating with, to take the time, watch the film with them, and learn something about yourself. This is probably the finest moment of Golan-Globus Films as well...

Gena Rowlands
Sarah Lawson

John Cassavetes
Robert Harmon

Diahnne Abbott
Susan

Seymour Cassel
Jack Lawson
Margaret Abbott
Margarita
Jakob Shaw
Albie Swanson

Michele Conaway
Agnes Swanson

Eddy Donno
Stepfather (Swanson)

Joan Foley
Judge Dunbar

Al Ruban
Milton Kravitz
Tom Badal
Sam the Lawyer
Risa Blewitt
Debbie Lawson
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