Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
1973•PG•1h 50m•6.1•Released
DramaRomanceComedy
While bicycling through the Spanish countryside, Walter, the aimless young son of a doctor, makes the acquaintance of proper, middle-aged, clumsy and secretive Lila. He falls in love with her, but she is resistant.
Director
Alan J. Pakula
Writer
Alvin Sargent
Languages
English
Studio
Gus Productions
Cast
Maggie Smith
Lila Fisher
Timothy Bottoms
Walter Elbertson
Jaime de Mora y Aragón
The Duke
Emiliano Redondo
The Spanish Gentleman
Charles Baxter
Dr. Elbertson
Margaret Modlin
Mrs. Elbertson
May Heatherly
Melanie Elbertson
Lloyd Brimhall
Carl
Elmer Modlin
Dr. Edelheidt
Andrés Monreal
Tourist Guide
Patricia Wright
Woman on Bus (uncredited)
Production
Company
Gus Productions
Company
Columbia Pictures
Producer
Alan J. Pakula
Recommended
5.9
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
6.3
Not Easily Broken
2009
7.4
Love Everlasting
2016
7.1
Rosaline
2022
6.4
A California Christmas
2020
6.3
The Four Seasons
1981
6.8
Love in Taipei
2023
7.3
The Quiet Man
1952
6.9
The Fugitive Kind
1960
5.8
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
2011
6.2
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
2025
6.3
Yoh! Bestie
2026
7
The Life List
2025
6.2
Which Brings Me to You
2023
6.3
Coyote Ugly
2000
5.8
Smart People
2008
6.6
A California Christmas: City Lights
2021
6.3
Father of the Bride
2022
6.6
Drive Me Crazy
1999
6.2
Jersey Girl
2004
Similar Movies
6.7
The Return of Martin Guerre
1982
7.7
Viridiana
1962
6.2
Jamon Jamon
1992
7.1
Stromboli
1950
BARNI: A Barnabás Ambrus Story
2024
6.8
The Flower of My Secret
1995
4.5
Oh, What a Night
1992
7.6
The Executioner
1963
7.6
Hot Fuzz
2007
6.5
The War Is Over
1966
5.7
Last Dance
1996
4.8
Plague
2015
7.3
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
5.1
Wrath of the Wind
1970
7.7
El Sur
1983
7
The Power of Silence
2017
7.2
Mondays in the Sun
2002
7.8
The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix
1975
7
The Country Girls
1983
6.2
Chaperone
2025