Movie
Passion Fish
Overview
After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nurse, who has struggles of her own.
Details
- Release date
- 1992-12-11
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Atchafalaya
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Mary McDonnell as May-Alice Culhane
- Alfre Woodard as Chantelle
- Vondie Curtis-Hall as Sugar LeDoux
- David Strathairn as Rennie
- Leo Burmester as Reeves
- Nora Dunn as Ti-Marie
- Mary Portser as Precious
- Angela Bassett as Rhonda / Dawn
- Sheila Kelley as Kim
- Nancy Mette as Nina
- Lenore Banks as Nurse Quick
- Will Mahoney as Max
Crew
- John Sayles - Director
- John Sayles - Writer
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