A Delicate Balance
The sister who drank too much. The daughter who divorced too much. They're all there when Tobias and Agnes have their little get-together and tear-apart.
In their finely appointed Connecticut home, Agnes and Tobias have grown used to the imperfection and fragility of their marriage. Quietly nursing their grief over the death of their son, they get by well enough together. Agnes' boozy sister wanders in and out, and they allow anxiety-stricken friends to move into an upstairs room. But, when their daughter, Julia, shows up announcing her fourth divorce, long-repressed emotions come to the surface.
- Year: 1973
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: The American Film Theatre
- Keyword: infidelity, friendship, primal fear, black humor, based on play or musical, family secrets, dysfunctional family, alcohol abuse, divorcee, divorced woman, tolerance, family conflict, family home, father daughter conflict, house guest, annoying sister, self reflection, family crisis, suburban, modernism, houseguest, wealthy family, irresponsible sister, emotional breakdown, existential emptiness, personal demons, hysterical drunks, facade, emotional instability, anxiety, self-examination, long-married couple, stale marriage, existential crisis, impending divorce, sisters relationship, lifelong friendship, shattered reality, multiple marriages, scrutiny of friendship, acerbic alcoholic, upper middle class family, couples as best friends, boundaries of friendship, alcoholic sister, comfortable marriage, one weekend, bitter daughter
- Director: Tony Richardson
- Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick, Kate Reid, Joseph Cotten, Betsy Blair
