MOVIE · 1998

Playing by Heart

ComedyDramaRomance121 min

In Los Angeles, several seemingly unconnected lives brush against one another as romance, infidelity, and grief keep rearranging what love looks like. Sean Connery and Gena Rowlands are a longtime couple preparing to renew their vows, while Ellen Burstyn’s widowed mother looks after her gravely ill son (Jay Mohr). Elsewhere, Madeleine Stowe and Anthony Edwards are caught in an affair, Gillian Anderson’s theater director falls into conversation with a stranger, and Angelina Jolie is an aspiring actress drawn to a shy young man. As the stories weave together, the film keeps its focus on intimate moments, missed chances, and the different ways people reach for connection.