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Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing: Directed by Alan J. Pakula. With Maggie Smith, Timothy Bottoms, Don Jaime de Mora y Aragón, Emiliano Redondo. American Walter Elbertson (Timothy Bottoms), in his late teens, is feeling lost within his family of overachievers.
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- Alan J. Pakula
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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
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Summaries. 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.
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
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After viewing Love and Pain nearly thirty years after it's initial release, I felt that this film had certainly passed the test of time. This sometimes overlooked film is an excellent vehicle for Maggie Smith in a dramatic role; even more believable than her classic, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
Play Trailer. Overview. 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. Alan J. Pakula. Director. Alvin Sargent. Screenplay.
