Director HectorBabenco was a friend and patient of Dr Varella. He has done his friend a service in making this film.
本片的导演是原著作者的朋友兼病人，他拍摄本片时帮助了法雷拉医生。
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Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by William Kennedy, the HectorBabenco film starred Streep as Helen Archer, an alcoholic companion to a washed up baseball player, played by Jack Nicholson.