Grad-school administrative head Marion Post (
Gena Rowlands) is in the midst of writing a book. The walls are thin in the apartment she's taken for work purposes, and soon Marion begins listening to the sessions conducted by her neighbor, an analyst. One of the patients is Hope (
Mia Farrow), whose marriage is in tatters. As Hope prattles on, Marion begins flashing back to highlights (and lowlights) of her own marriage. Her musings are constantly interrupted by the memory of the man (
Gene Hackman) she'd once ardently loved. Later on, chance encounters with old friends force Marion to face the fact that she has lived her life sheltering herself from her true emotions. Director
Woody Allen's career-long indebtedness to
Ingmar Bergman is underlined in Another Woman via Bergman's frequent cinematographer
Sven Nykvist. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide