Love and Other Sorrows (1989)

Love and Other Sorrows

1989

Comedy Drama Romance

Synopsis

A drama, set in St. Louis in 1950, concerning an American family and the first courtship and sexual awakening of the teenage son. Ben Griffin lives with his widowed mother and beautiful 22-year-old sister, Dodie. The restoration of the family's affluence seems to hinge on Dodie's romances and hoped-for-marriage to a wealthy husband. But Dodie's ambivalence toward the rich and eligible Sonny confuses and upsets Ben. He wants to trust and believe in love, but worries that he may never find a girl to understand his romantic ideals.

Credits

Director

Steve Gomer

Cast

Christopher Collet as Preston

Elizabeth Franz as Mother

Frank Simpson as Coach Mackyz

Haviland Morris as Dodie Griffin

Karen Sellon as Sylvia

Sheila Ball as Eleanor

Spencer Garrett as Sonny Brewster

Stephen Mailer as Ben