Francis Ford Coppola's road drama follows a pregnant wife who leaves home and meets a brain-damaged hitchhiker. Sad, honest and low-key, with Shirley Knight and James Caan, it is an intimate, searching early Coppola.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

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IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (4,868 votes)
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