Shy People

Shy People
Directed by	Andrei Konchalovsky
Written by	Andrei Konchalovsky Gérard Brach Marjorie David
Produced by	Yoram Globus Menahem Golan
Starring	Barbara Hershey Jill Clayburgh Martha Plimpton
Cinematography	Chris Menges
Edited by	Alain Jakubowicz
Music by	Tangerine Dream
Production companies	The Cannon Group Golan-Globus
Distributed by	Cannon Film Distributors
Release dates	May 14, 1987 (1987-05-14) (Cannes) March 11, 1988 (1988-03-11) (United States)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$769,119[1]

Shy People is a 1987 American drama film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, from a script by Konchalovsky, Marjorie David and Gérard Brach. It stars Barbara Hershey, Jill Clayburgh, and Martha Plimpton, and features music by the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream. The film is about the culture clash that takes place between Diana, a Manhattan writer, her wayward teenage daughter Grace, and their long-distant relatives in the bayous of Louisiana.

It premiered at the 40th Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 1987, with Hershey winning the award for Best Actress.^[2] It received a limited release in the United States on March 11, 1988. It was one of the last film roles for actor Merritt Butrick, who died from AIDS in 1989. It was filmed by the bayous of South Louisiana.