3 Women (Criterion Collection)

Writer/director Robert Altman's Bergmanesque character study is set in a nursing home/rest spa in the Southern California desert, where shy new employee Sissy Spacek is befriended by brash co-worker Shelley Duvall and begins to mimic her dress, speech and behavior. But when Duvall's affair with businessman Robert Fortier, husband of pregnant artist Janice Rule, leads to tragedy, Spacek and Duvall find their roles reversing. 124 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono;Subtitles: English; audio commentary by Altman; photo gallery; TV spots; theatrical trailers.