An Unmarried Woman

"She laughs, she cries, she feels angry, she feels lonely, she feels guilty, she makes breakfast, she makes love, she makes do, she is strong, she is weak, she is brave, she is scared, she is… an unmarried woman."

Mar 17 1978 R 2h 4m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.

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Plot

Erica is unmarried only temporarily, in that her successful, wealthy husband of 16 years has just left her for a girl he met while buying a shirt in Bloomingdale's. This movie shows Erica coming to terms with the break-up while revising her opinions of herself, redefining that self in its own right rather than as an extension of somebody else's personality, and finally going out with another man. Erica refuses to drop everything for Saul, an abstract expressionist painter, simply out of love for him, because he expects this of her. It is not so much loneliness that is her problem, and the problems that men, flitting around this newly "available" woman like moths round a flame, bring to her sense of independence.

Written by

Paul Mazursky

Directed by

Paul Mazursky

Cast

Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates, Michael Murphy

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 3 Oscars. 6 wins & 18 nominations total

Trailers
An Unmarried Woman | #TBT Trailer | 20th Century FOX
Scores
# of Votes
6,370
Average Rating
7.2 out of 10
Metascore
79
Popularity
NA