Ordinary People
by
Robert Redford
Retro: Donald Sutherland
The successful lawyer Calvin, his ambitious wife, Beth, and their 18-year-old son Conrad are considered a perfect family. But when Conrad tries to commit suicide one day, his parents are overwhelmed and find solace in an insincere, artificial normality – with fatal consequences.
- Genre: Drama
- Country, Year: USA, 1980
- Runtime: 124 Min
- Languages: English
- Subtitles: German, French
- Director: Robert Redford
- Cast: Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton, M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth McGovern, Dinah Manoff
- Screenplay: Alvin Sargent
- Cinematography: John Bailey
- Editor: Jeff Kanew
- Sound: Kenneth Schwarz
- Producer: Ronald L. Schwary
- Production Companies: Paramount Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises