Opening Night
Turkish title: Açılış Gecesi
“The Show Must Go On…”
1977 · 2 h 24 min
Directed by 
John Cassavetes
John CassavetesCast
Gena Rowlands 
Ben Gazzara 
Joan Blondell
Credits
Written by: John Cassavetes
Plot
A stage actress in crisis struggles with a role and with her own fears about ageing.
Sinekatalog’s take
John Cassavetes's drama has Gena Rowlands as an actress unraveling during a stage run. Raw, theatrical and mesmerising, it is a profound, rough study of ageing, creativity and fear.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (14,373 votes)
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