• Source: Just the Way You Are (1984 film)

Just the Way You Are is a 1984 American comedy-drama film starring Kristy McNichol and Michael Ontkean and directed by Édouard Molinaro.




Plot


Susan is a professional flautist in Philadelphia who has been handicapped since childhood and is forced to wear a leg brace to get around. She is all set to enter into a lavender marriage with her gay investment banker friend Frank in order to help him hide his sexuality so he can get ahead in business and get a big promotion, but decides not to when she realizes that the marriage won't meet her (or his) sexual needs. Shortly afterwards 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 and Peter dumps his insufferable and narcissistic girlfriend Bobbie for her. Susan is forced to decide if she should tell Peter the truth about herself.




Main cast


Kristy McNichol as Susan Berlanger
Michael Ontkean as Peter Nichols
Kaki Hunter as Lisa Elliott
André Dussollier as François Rossignol
Catherine Salviat as Nicole Schallon
Robert Carradine as Sam Carpenter
Alexandra Paul as Bobbie
Lance Guest as Jack, The Answering Service Guy
Tim Daly as Frank Bantam
Patrick Cassidy as Steve Haslachez
Gérard Jugnot as Desk Clerk, Hotel Monte Blanc
André Oumansky as Paris Doctor
Billy Kearns as Earl Cooper, Frank's Boss
Joyce Gordon as Answering Service Lady
Wayne Robson as Theater Assistant Manager
Jean-Claude Ostrander as French Ski Instructor
Garrick Dowhen as Bill Holland, American Ski Coach




Production


The movie was filmed in Toronto and in France. In France, Kristy McNichol suffered an emotional breakdown while filming, and production had to be interrupted for a year while she recovered. Kristy said she was ready to go back to work within a month, but that shooting the snow scenes for the film's second-half would have to wait until the following winter. "It was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life getting through that film."




Reference list






External links


Just the Way You Are at IMDb
Just the Way You Are at the TCM Movie Database
Just the Way You Are at AllMovie
Just the Way You Are at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Just the Way You Are at Rotten Tomatoes

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