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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Robin Wright Penn and Alan Arkin star in this romantic comedy drama about the complexities of marriage and one woman's bittersweet journey of self-discovery.

Romantic comedy drama about the complexities of marriage and a bittersweet journey of self-discovery. Pippa Lee is devoted to her husband, a publisher thirty years her senior. She has two successful children, and is adored by those around her. But her husband's desire to leave New York for a retirement home, and an affair he has with a woman younger than she is, causes her to reassess her life. She soon finds herself heading towards a nervous breakdown.

1 hour, 31 minutes

Last on

Sun 12 Apr 201500:10

Music Played

  • Gary Trexler

    Teen Baby

  • Bobby Day

    That's All I Want

  • Joan Copeland

    After the Ball

  • Bobby Day

    Little Turtle Dove

  • Pitcher's Pony

    Still to Be Painted

  • Kapelle Kellner

    Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald

  • Dusty Springfield

    I'll Love You For A While

  • Brian Eno

    Sky Saw

  • Brian Eno

    Another Green World

  • Lucinda Williams

    I Lost It

Credits

RoleContributor
Herb LeeAlan Arkin
Pippa LeeRobin Wright Penn
ChrisKeanu Reeves
SandraWinona Ryder
KatJulianne Moore
Young PippaBlake Lively
Suky SarkissianMaria Bello
Grace LeeZoe Kazan
Sam ShapiroMike Binder
Gigi LeeMonica Bellucci
Ben LeeRyan McDonald
DotShirley Knight
DirectorRebecca Miller
DistributorBontonfilm

Broadcasts

  • Tue 1 Nov 201123:35
  • Wed 2 Nov 201100:05
  • Thu 3 Nov 201100:30
  • Sun 3 Mar 201300:05
  • Wed 23 Apr 201423:45
  • Thu 24 Apr 201400:15
  • Sun 12 Apr 201500:10

Kermode and Mayo

Kermode and Mayo

'If you cut Alan Arkin in half he'd have the word avuncular written all the way through.'