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Jake’s Women (1996) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1996 · 93 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Glenn Jordan
- Starring
- Aasif Mandvi, Alan Alda, Julie Kavner, Yul Vazquez, Lolita Davidovich, Mira Sorvino
Jake, a writer whose marriage to Maggie is crumbling, retreats into imagined conversations with women who have drifted from his life—his dead wife Julie, his daughter Molly, his sister Karen, and his psychiatrist Edith. Frustrated by his constant mental wandering, Maggie decides to separate for six months, leaving Jake to spend the time alternating between these fantasies and occasional real encounters while awaiting her decision.
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