![]() ![]() It's no wonder that Cecilia, like millions of other Americans of her time, finds life on the silver screen not only preferable to - but more real than - the world around her. However, when he's had a few beers, he's inclined to push her around a bit.Ĭecilia presents her objections to Monk in the form of extremely tentative observations: ''All you do is drink and play dice and I wind up getting smacked.'' Replies Monk with reason: ''I always warn you first.'' Cecilia is even a failure as a waitress in the town's single, very greasy spoon. ![]() Her husband, Monk (Danny Aiello), a big, short-tempered lug, isn't a bad sort, really, and, like almost every other man in town, he's out of a job and not looking for work. ![]() EVERYTHING about Cecilia (Mia Farrow) is tinged with melancholy, including the time - the depressed 1930's - and the place, a drab little New Jersey town where even the sunlight looks gray. ![]()
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