Who Am I This Time?

Who Am I This Time?

PG 1982 · 53 min · ★ 7.5 · Drama, Romance, TV Movie

Harry is a shy hardware store employee. But whenever he takes a part in a local amateur theater production, he becomes the part completely--while on stage. Helene is new in town, a lonely itinerant telephone company employee. On a whim, she auditions for and gets the part of Stella to Harry's Stanley when the theater group performs A Streetcar Named Desire. Before anyone realizes the growing affection between Helene and Stanley, she falls deeply in love with the sexy brute, not knowing what the real man is like.

Directed by Jonathan Demme · Written by Neal Miller

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