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Tempest is a 1982 American adventure comedy-drama romance film directed by Paul Mazursky. It is a loosely based, modern-day adaptation of the William Shakespeare play The Tempest. The picture features John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Raúl Juliá and Molly Ringwald in her feature film debut.
Aug 13, 1982 · Unhappy middle-aged architect Philip Dimitrius leaves his wife Antonia and career for a spiritual awakening on a Greek island with his new girlfriend Aretha and teenage daughter, leading to extraordinary results for everyone around him.
- (2.7K)
- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Paul Mazursky
- 1982-08-13
When Paul Mazursky decided to model his new movie on Shakespeare's " The Tempest ," he no doubt imagined there would be intellectual fun for the audience in building mental bridges between his modern story and the bard's final play.
Based on Shakespeare's famed play, this modern update finds American architect Phillip Dimitrius (John Cassavetes) splitting from his wife, Antonia (Gena Rowlands),...
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- Paul Mazursky
- PG
- John Cassavetes
Sep 10, 2013 · This modernistic fantasy-drama, is about a New York architect Phillip (John Cassavetes), who is fed up with city living. He takes his wife Antonia (Gena Rowlands), an...
- 1 min
- 16.6K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Synopsis. A successful architect, dogged by a mid-life crisis, purges his material trappings then retreats into a self-imposed exile on a remote Greek island in a vain attempt to bring meaning to his life.
A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek island where he hopes to conjure meaning into his life - trying the patience of his new girlfriend and angst-ridden teenage daughter.
