Stanley & Iris (1990)

6.5/10 • 104 min • Drama Romance

Overview

An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night.

Cast

Jane Fonda

Robert De Niro

Swoosie Kurtz

Martha Plimpton

Jamey Sheridan

Feodor Chaliapin Jr.

Zohra Lampert

Loretta Devine

Kathy Kinney

Harley Cross

Julie Garfield

Karen Ludwig

Dortha Duckworth

Stephen Root

Eddie Jones

Mary Testa

Fred J. Scollay

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