Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?

Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?

1983 · 90 min · ★ 5.9 · Comedy, Romance

Zee is walking up and down Manhattan streets, talking to herself and to the husband who has just left her. At a sidewalk café she runs into Eli, and a very unlikely, funny and touching relationship develops between two lost souls in the big city.

Directed by Henry Jaglom · Written by Henry Jaglom

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