At her husband's funeral, Pearl, Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend of her husband, whose advice years previously had stopped the husband leaving home. For 23 years he, now a widower, has secretly loved Pearl.
Shirley MacLaine
as Pearl Berman
Marcello Mastroianni
as Joe Meledandri
Bob Dishy
as Jack Berman
Jessica Tandy
as Freida
Kathy Bates
as Bibby Berman
Marcia Gay Harden
as Norma
Sylvia Sidney
as Becky
Doris Roberts
as Tante Lonnie
Helen Hanft
as Aunt Ruthie
Maria Rosaria Russo
as Theresa
Ida Bernardini
as Aunt Louisa
Irving Metzman
as Uncle Al
