Passions

TV Movie
1984
1h 32m

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Richard Crenna and Joanne Woodward in Passions (1984)

A man with a wife and daughter also has a son with another woman. When he dies this little secret is revealed to the wife. She then sets out to make the woman and her son suffer by trying to... Read allA man with a wife and daughter also has a son with another woman. When he dies this little secret is revealed to the wife. She then sets out to make the woman and her son suffer by trying to throw them out of the house he bought for them but now it legally belongs to his wife. An... Read allA man with a wife and daughter also has a son with another woman. When he dies this little secret is revealed to the wife. She then sets out to make the woman and her son suffer by trying to throw them out of the house he bought for them but now it legally belongs to his wife. And at the same time, the woman wanting to ensure her son's future, she sues his estate for ... Read all

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An excellent moral parable

We have a totally amoral "businessman" who maintains a separate household with a young harlot and her illegitimate son, while continuing to live with his wife of a quarter century, and their daughter. This quasi oriental pasha is struck down in his arrogance by a cerebral hemourage. This leaves quite a mess around him. You might feel sorry for the legitimate daughter until you discover she plans to live in concubinage with a hippie degenerate boyfriend. Well, there is at least one character, with whom you might feel some empathy, played by Joanne Woodward. She plans to support the illegitimate child as if it were her own. Isn't there an old saying: "The sins we do by one and one, we...."?

It certainly isn't a pleasant story, but as a moral parable, it has considerable value. There is into the bargain a very competent cast giving believable performances.

This was shown on Lifetime Cable back in 1989. Just how available it may be now is doubtful, but worth looking for if only for another example of Joanne Woodward's great talent.

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It is stated that Richard was 48 and his wife Catherine was around 46. In actual fact, Crenna was 57 and Woodward was 54 at time of filming. While Crenna could possibly pass for 48, Woodward does not look 46.