3 Women (1977) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1977 · 124 mins · English

Directed by

Robert Altman

Starring

Sissy Spacek, Shelley Duvall, Sierra Pecheur, Craig Richard Nelson, Dennis Christopher, Ruth Nelson

The film follows two co‑workers—a vain, self‑absorbed woman and an awkward teenage girl—who end up sharing a tiny apartment. As they live together, their relationship grows ever more unsettling and surreal, with each seeming to slip into the other's role, creating a bewildering cycle of identity and longing.