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In Praise of Older Women

1978 · 1h 50m · Drama, Romance · Canada

The story that turned on millions of PLAYBOY Magazine readers in the October issue.

Andras Vayda grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the occupying G.I.'s during World War II. Disappointed by girls of his age, he meets Maya, a married women in her thirties, who tutors him in the lessons of love and romance. Maya is only the first of many mature women that Andras will meet through his teenage and young adult life.

Directed by
George Kaczender
Written by
Paul Gottlieb
Based on the novel by
Stephen Vizinczey
Starring
Karen Black, Tom Berenger, Susan Strasberg, Helen Shaver
5.9Smart score

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