A Walk on the Moon (1999) on Netflix
In the summer of 1969, Pearl Kantrowitz vacations with her family at a Catskills bungalow colony while her husband stays in the city. She meets Walker Jerome, a traveling clothes salesman.
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Plot summary
Pearl Kantrowitz and her husband Marty, a Jewish couple in New York City, spend the summer of 1969 at a bungalow colony in the Catskills. Marty repairs television sets, so he visits only on weekends. Pearl was seventeen when she became pregnant with their daughter Alison and married Marty soon after, and she feels at a crossroads. At the colony she meets Walker Jerome, a salesman who travels from resort to resort selling clothes. With Marty away, Pearl and Walker begin an affair.
Cast
- Bobby Borielloas Daniel Kantrowitz
- Jess Plattas Herb Fogler
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about A Walk on the Moon (1999)
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- Financiers refused to produce Pamela Gray's screenplay, telling her the story was "too small, too soft, not universal, and too Jewish."
