Shy People

Shy People (1987)

Women from separate worlds bound by a secret that will haunt them forever.

A Cosmo Magazine journalist and her daughter leave New York City to visit their distant relatives deep in the bayous of Louisiana.

Date of release
1987-12-04
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (27)
Runtime
1h 58m
Genres
Drama
Director
Andrei Konchalovsky

Casting

Interesting facts

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.

Production

Andrei Konchalovsky said he wanted to examine the clash of a "civilized" culture with a more "rural" culture. He conceived of the story while filming the 1979 Russian epic Siberiade. The screenplay was written by Konchalovsky with Gérard Brach and Marjorie David, who had all previously collaborated together on the script for Maria's Lovers.

Principal photography took place from September 22 to December 20 of 1986. Much of the film was shot in Cajun Country in Lafayette, Louisiana. Bayou scenes were filmed in Henderson Basin and the Atchafalaya Swamp. Ruth's house was a set constructed beside a swamp in Catahoula. Scenes at Mike’s nightclub were filmed in Los Angeles.

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