Main Cast: Kristy McNichol, Michael Ontkean, Kaki Hunter, Robert Carradine, Lance Guest
Release Year: 1984
Country: US
Run Time: 96 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
In this standard human interest comedy, Susan Berlanger (Kristy McNichol) has been crippled since a child and has to wear a leg brace in order to get around, but that does not in any way prevent Sam (Robert Carradine) and several other men from being very attracted to her. Susan is a professional flautist with a ballet-company orchestra and is given a chance to travel to Europe for a concert tour, which she is more than happy to accept. Since she has doubts about relationships (do these men feel sorry for her?), she puts a cast on her leg and goes to a ski resort to find out what it is like to be treated "normally" by others. Once there, she meets a captivating photographer (Michael Ontkean) and falls in love -- but does not tell him the truth about her leg. Making matters even worse, a wealthy Frenchman courting Susan's roommate at the resort is an amputee -- he lost a leg in an automobile accident. Sooner or later, Susan will have to come to grips with her deception, her forthcoming marriage, and her interest in the photographer. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Alexandra Paul - Bobbie; André Dussollier - Francois; Patrick Cassidy - Steve; Catherine Salviat - Nicole; Billy Kearns - Earl; Tim Daly - Frank; Garrick Dowhen - Bill Holland; Jefferson Mappin - Cabbie; Joanna Noyes - Doris; Wayne Robson - Assistant Manager; Paul Soles - Arthur; Gérard Jugnot - Desk Clerk; Robert Scott - Waiter; Joyce Gordon - Answering Service Lady; André Oumansky - Doctor; Madeleine Ganne - Spectator
Credit
Francois de Lamothe - Art Director, Jean Zay - Costume Designer, Robin Katz - First Assistant Director, Marc Riviere - First Assistant Director, Edouard Molinaro - Director, Georges Klotz - Editor, Claudio Ventura - Editor, Vladimir Cosma - Composer (Music Score), Claude Leconte - Cinematographer, Gerard Croce - Production Manager, Leo L. Fuchs - Producer, Jerome M. Zeitman - Producer, Leo Fuchs - Producer, Anthony Greco - Set Designer, Daniel Brisseau - Sound/Sound Designer, Allan Burns - Screenwriter
Susan is a professional flutist who has been handicapped since childhood and is forced to wear a leg brace to get around. After breaking up with her boyfriend, she accepts the offer to travel to Europe on a concert tour. While in Paris, she comes up with an idea to disguise her leg by putting it in a cast and travel on her own to the French Alps to be treated without pity. Not looking to find romance, Susan however has become the interest of Peter, a news photographer. They soon fall in love, but will she be able to tell him the truth about herself?
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