Synopsis
Rachel, Rachel (1968) is a drama you can watch online on iFILM — and one of the more precise directorial debuts in American cinema. Paul Newman chose a story with no obvious drama: a 35-year-old Connecticut schoolteacher named Rachel (Joanne Woodward) living under her mother's roof, trying to figure out where the years went.
A man from the past comes back to town. Nothing explosive happens — that is the point. Rachel has to make decisions about a life that has quietly become defined by other people's expectations. Estelle Parsons plays her best friend with an unpredictable edge that keeps the film from going soft. Newman's restraint as a director is the same quality that makes the performances land.
Woodward took home the Golden Globe for Best Actress; the film received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. Stream Rachel, Rachel (1968) online on iFILM.
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