The Rain People Part Ten

Having discovered that she is pregnant, Natalie Ravenna (Shirley Knight), a Long Island housewife panics and leaves home to see if she might just possibly have made something different out of herself; if she can manage to unshackle her grocery list worth of responsibilities that add up to a life with a husband she loves. In a motel room where Natalie stops to rest during the day, she sits motionless on the bed, and experiences the exuberance of complete freedom and the queasy feelings of new beginnings. Natalie continues on with her journey and picks up a young hitch-hiker -Killer (James Caan), an attractive brain-damaged football player. It is through Killer that poses a more disturbing question to Natalie than that of domestic responsibility. How deeply are we wedded to chance meetings and are we responsible for the crimes that we witness?

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[itwontbez]

Thank you for posting this! I hadn't seen this movie in years, and I had forgotten how emotionally rough the ending was.

[hasawyah]

Killer :"""""""(

no killer do not die :"(

[hotroute]

Hard to believe that Natalie would later become a drugged out Senior Citizen living in Los Angeles with two other older ladies (Grandma's Boy). The themes of mother and child are pretty obvious in the final few lines. Rather old school credits, many thanks for posting. Good film.

[mannixisle]

Poor Natalie, she had a good heart! But now will feel somehow guilty for Killer's death for the rest of her life, I suppose.

[soulgalore]

Excellent film. Many thanks for posting.