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61% Critic Match
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
6.1 / 10• 1973• 1h 50m•PG• English
DramaRomanceComedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Maggie Smith
Lila Fisher
Lead
Timothy Bottoms
Walter Elbertson
Jaime de Mora y Aragón
The Duke
Emiliano Redondo
The Spanish Gentleman
CB
Charles Baxter
Dr. Elbertson
MM
Margaret Modlin
Mrs. Elbertson
May Heatherly
Melanie Elbertson
LB
Lloyd Brimhall
Carl
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alan J. Pakula's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
