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Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?

1983 · 90 min

A quirky, talky character study that feels like people-watching in a Manhattan café, by turns funny, awkward, and tender.

Directed by
Henry Jaglom
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Starring
Michael Emil, Karen Black, Michael Margotta
Overview
Zee is walking up and down Manhattan streets, talking to herself and to the husband who has just left her. At a sidewalk café she runs into Eli, and a very unlikely, funny and touching relationship develops between two lost souls in the big city.

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Directed by
Henry Jaglom
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Starring
Michael Emil, Karen Black, Michael Margotta
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • loneliness
  • love
  • identity
  • healing
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Henry Jaglom
Written by
Henry Jaglom
Starring
Michael Emil, Karen Black, Michael Margotta, Martin Harvey Friedberg, Frances Fisher, Anna Raviv, Robert Hallak, Daniel W. Fitzgerald
Cinematography
Robert Fiore
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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