Arriving Tuesday

Arriving Tuesday

Come Blow Your Horn, She's Arriving Tuesday

1986 · 88 min · ★ 8.3 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Monica arrives back from her big overseas experience to find her boyfriend Nick unchanged. Although Nick styles himself an artist, he is really something of a cultural redneck, and when the couple head up north for a break, and they meet up with Riki, a poet, who is rather less shallow and charming.

Directed by Richard Riddiford · Written by Richard Riddiford

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