3 Women
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Robert Altman Run Time: 124 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1977
Starring: Janice Rule, Robert Fortier, Ruth Nelson, Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek
Remembering Shelley Duvall, our tribute to the late great actress, ends with 3 Women, Robert Altman’s 1977 psychological drama.
The story follows Pinky Rose (Sissy Spacek), a naive and impressionable young woman who starts working at a health spa where she becomes enamored with her co-worker, the confident and enigmatic Millie Lammoreaux (Shelley Duvall). As Pinky moves in with Millie, their identities begin to blur, leading to a disturbing transformation. Meanwhile, the third woman, Willie (Janice Rule), a mysterious and silent artist, hovers on the periphery, her haunting murals reflecting the deeper undercurrents of the narrative.
Exploring themes of identity, isolation, and the fluidity of self, 3 Women is one of Altman’s most enigmatic yet arresting works.