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Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing is a 1973 American comedy-drama film directed by Alan J. Pakula. It is often categorized as a drama, but contains many comic elements. Maggie Smith and Timothy Bottoms star.
Walter Elbertson (Timothy Bottoms), the handsome and restless son of an American doctor (Charles Baxter) isn't sure what he wants out of life. While touring Spain, Walter meets Lila Fisher (Maggie...
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- Alan J. Pakula
- PG
- Maggie Smith
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- Alan J. Pakula
- 110 min
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Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing. 1973 · 1 hr 50 min. PG. Drama · Comedy · Romance. With little in common, a prim, 40--year-old spinster and an 18 year-old college drop-out begin a clumsy yet moving affair after meeting on a bus. Subtitles: English.
- Alan J. Pakula
- January 1, 1973
- 110 min
Jun 18, 2012 · A bittersweet romantic comedy, Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing (1973) tells the unlikely love story of Lila (Maggie Smith), a lonely British spinster in her late 30s who is on a bus tour of Spain, and Walter (Timothy Bottoms), an 18-year-old American screw-up who ends up traveling with her.
- Alan J. Pakula
- Maggie Smith
American Walter Elbertson (Timothy Bottoms), in his late teens, is feeling lost within his family of overachievers. Thirtysomething Englishwoman Lila Fisher (Dame Maggie Smith) is emotionally repressed. The two meet on their respective vacations in Spain when, on the spur of the moment, Walter decides to ditch his overly-regimented cycling-tour ...
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While bicycling through the Spanish countryside, Walter, the aimless young son of a doctor, makes the acquaintance of proper, middle-aged, clumsy and secretive Lila. He falls in love with her, but she is resistant.
