Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
Directed by Clint Eastwood
adultery
secret love
husband wife relationship
based on novel or book
love of one's life
unsociability
marriage crisis
photographer
love at first sight
photography
peasant
mother role
iowa
bridge
housewife
love letter
romantic
Rank
#11 in 1995·#450 overall
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Cast
Meryl Streep
Francesca Johnson
Clint Eastwood
Robert Kincaid
Annie Corley
Caroline Johnson
Victor Slezak
Michael Johnson
Jim Haynie
Richard Johnson
Sarah Zahn
Young Carolyn
Phyllis Lyons
Betty
Debra Monk
Madge
Michelle Benes
Lucy Redfield
Lana Schwab
Saleswoman
Kyle Eastwood
James Rivers Band
George Orrison
Café Patron
Crew
Clint Eastwood
Director
Richard LaGravenese
Screenplay
Joel Cox
Editor
Jack N. Green
Director of Photography
Clint Eastwood
Producer
Kathleen Kennedy
Producer
Robert James Waller
Novel
Ellen Chenoweth
Casting
Jeannine Oppewall
Production Design
Jay Hart
Set Decoration
Bill Bannerman
First Assistant Director
Robert Lorenz
Second Assistant Director
Popular Reviews
525 reviews
brunettegsundae
10.0★ · 09/03/25
Don't kid yourself, Francesca. You're anything, but a simple woman
I think I will never be able to explain what I felt when I watched this I’m literally sobbing until now and I’m sure this will be on my mind forever When you love someone the way they love each other, they will never be the same person again, they became one the first time they saw each other I think I’m in love with them, everything seems so perfect, even the hot weather makes this feel soft like a dream Francesca and Robert will always be remembered
Don't kid yourself, Francesca. You're anything, but a simple woman
I think I will never be able to explain what I felt when I watched this I’m literally sobbing until now and I’m sure this will be on my mind forever When you love someone the way they love each other, they will never be the same person again, they became one the first time they saw each other I think I’m in love with them, everything seems so perfect, even the hot weather makes this feel soft like a dream Francesca and Robert will always be remembered
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Oscar Thompson
10.0★ · 05/29/26
It’s movies like this that remind me why I have a passionate love for cinema. However I’m scared this age of perfectly crafted films has ended.
Clint Eastwood needs more recognition in the directorial role. Absolutely phenomenal films in his filmography and this just adds to it. Such a warm fragile story he told and his methods are so perfect. His story building and cinematography is so unique that I fear nothing will come close to replicating it.
It’s movies like this that remind me why I have a passionate love for cinema. However I’m scared this age of perfectly crafted films has ended.
Clint Eastwood needs more recognition in the directorial role. Absolutely phenomenal films in his filmography and this just adds to it. Such a warm fragile story he told and his methods are so perfect. His story building and cinematography is so unique that I fear nothing will come close to replicating it.
lud
10.0★ · 07/06/26
esto es el amor
esto es el amor
jenb
3.0★ · 07/01/26
So you are telling that the alleged greatest love story; the 2 hour long movie was just about CHEATING? Yall gotta be kidding me lol miss girl just met a random bitch ass for four days, they didn’t know each other. This wasn’t love at all. I don’t get this letterbox people and their concept of love
So you are telling that the alleged greatest love story; the 2 hour long movie was just about CHEATING? Yall gotta be kidding me lol miss girl just met a random bitch ass for four days, they didn’t know each other. This wasn’t love at all. I don’t get this letterbox people and their concept of love
