The Simian Line

"Does the future lie in the palm of your hand?"

Jan 15 2000 R 1h 46m
Drama, Romance

The Simian Line is an American improvisational film, released in 2001. When Katharine throws a party on Halloween, a psychic called Arnita predicts that one of the three couples present at the party will break up by the end of the year. The guests don't take her seriously. Arnita doesn't tell them that she can see a fourth couple at the party, the long dead Mae and Edward. As days go by, Katharine grows increasingly jealous of her lover Rick, and his flirting with her neighbor Sandra. Sandra is married to Paul (Jamey Sheridan). Marta and Billy are rock musicians who live in the same building as Katharine.

Plot

In addition to declaring that Katharine's (Lynn Redgrave) head and heart line are hopelessly fused into one "simian line", eccentric palm reader/fortune-teller Arnita (Tyne Daly) makes a dire prediction: By the end of the year, one of the couples present at a Halloween party will have broken up. But will it be Katharine and her much-younger boyfriend Rick (Harry Connick Jr.); her upstairs tenants Marta and Billy or new yuppie neighbors Sandra (Cindy Crawford) and Paul? Fueled by Arnita's prediction, each of the couples begins to drift apart in a sea of doubt and distrust. Can the "divine" intervention of two well-meaning ghosts (William Hurt and Samantha Mathis) keep these earthly conflicts from erupting into multiple self-fulfilling prophecies?

Written by

Linda Yellen, Michael Leeds, Gisela Bernice

Directed by

Linda Yellen

Cast

Lynn Redgrave, Jamey Sheridan, Harry Connick Jr.

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Libra Pictures, S.L. Productions, DaWa Movies

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
The Simian Line trailer
Scores
# of Votes
429
Average Rating
5.3 out of 10
Metascore
46
Popularity
NA