Stanley & Iris 1990

An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night.

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The cast

Jane Fonda Iris King

Robert De Niro Stanley Cox

Swoosie Kurtz Sharon

Martha Plimpton Kelly King

Jamey Sheridan Joe

Feodor Chaliapin Jr. Leonides Cox

Zohra Lampert Elaine

Loretta Devine Bertha

Kathy Kinney Bernice

Harley Cross Richard King

Julie Garfield Belinda

Karen Ludwig Melissa

Dortha Duckworth Librarian

Stephen Root Mr. Hentley

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