Shy People

Shy People
Directed byAndrei Konchalovsky
Written byAndrei Konchalovsky
Gérard Brach
Marjorie David
Produced byYoram Globus
Menahem Golan
StarringBarbara Hershey
Jill Clayburgh
Martha Plimpton
CinematographyChris Menges
Edited byAlain Jakubowicz
Music byTangerine Dream
Production
companies
Distributed byCannon Film Distributors
Release dates
  • May 14, 1987 (1987-05-14) (Cannes)
  • March 11, 1988 (1988-03-11) (United States)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$769,119[1]

Shy People is a 1987 American drama film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, from a script by Konchalovsky, Marjorie David and Gérard Brach. It stars Barbara Hershey, Jill Clayburgh, and Martha Plimpton, and features music by the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream. The film is about the culture clash that takes place between Diana, a Manhattan writer, her wayward teenage daughter Grace, and their long-distant relatives in the bayous of Louisiana.

It premiered at the 40th Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 1987, with Hershey winning the award for Best Actress.[2] It received a limited release in the United States on March 11, 1988. It was one of the last film roles for actor Merritt Butrick, who died from AIDS in 1989. It was filmed by the bayous of South Louisiana.

  1. ^ "Shy People". The Numbers.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Shy People". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2009.