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Passion Fish is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Sayles released in USA on 11 december 1992 with Mary McDonnell
Passion Fish (1993)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 11 december 1992
Length 2h15
Directed by John Sayles
OriginUSA
Themes Films about disabilities
Rating72%
Passion Fish is a 1992 American film written and directed by John Sayles. The film stars Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard, Vondie Curtis-Hall, David Strathairn, Leo Burmester, and Angela Bassett.
It tells the story of a soap opera star, paralyzed after being struck by a taxi, who is forced to return to her family home and rely upon a series of nurses, forcing each of them to leave her employment until one shows up guaranteed to stay.
Synopsis
May-Alice Culhane, a New York daytime soap opera actress, is left paralyzed after an accident on her way to getting her legs waxed, which she finds ironic. As the film opens, she lies in a hospital bed, confused and scared, watching her own show on TV and shrieking, "That was supposed to be my close-up!"Actors
Mary McDonnell
(May-Alice Culhane)
Alfre Woodard
(Chantelle)
Vondie Curtis-Hall
(Sugar LeDoux)
David Strathairn
(Rennie)
Leo Burmester
(Reeves)
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