

“Some people need love spelled out for them.”
An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night.

Jane Fonda
Iris King
Lead
Robert De Niro
Stanley Cox

Swoosie Kurtz
Sharon

Martha Plimpton
Kelly King

Jamey Sheridan
Joe

Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Leonides Cox

Zohra Lampert
Elaine

Loretta Devine
Bertha
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Martin Ritt's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Stanley & Iris is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”