Eating is a 1990 American comedy-drama film starring Nelly Alard, Lisa Blake Richards, Frances Bergen, Mary Crosby, Gwen Welles, Elizabeth Kemp, Marina Gregory and written and directed by Henry Jaglom.
Plot
Featuring an all-female cast, the film is set entirely inside and around a spacious house in Los Angeles. Helene is a woman turning 40 years old and her friends—who include French filmmaker Martine, house guest Sophie, and Lydia—throw her a party. But also there is Kate, a friend turning 30, and Sadie, a Hollywood film agent turning 50. So, all of Helene's, Kate's, and Sadie's friends arrive for the triple-birthday party where Martine films the events with her movie camera, as well as filming the shocking secrets revealed by Helene's mother Whitney and younger sister Nancy who confide in their interviews about their obsession with food and their roles in life.
Cast
Nelly Alard as Martine
Lisa Blake Richards as Helene (credited as Lisa Richards) Frances Bergen as Whitney Mary Crosby as Kate Gwen Welles as Sophie Elizabeth Kemp as Nancy Marina Gregory as Lydia Daphna Kastner as Jennifer Marlena Giovi as Sadie Beth Grant as Carla Taryn Power as Anita Catherine Genender as Lily Hildy Brooks as Mary Jackie O'Brien as Janet (credited as Jacqueline Woolsey) Sherry Boucher as Maria (credited as Sherry Boucher-Lytle) Savannah Smith Boucher as Eloise Aloma Ichinose as Joanna Toni Basil as Jackie
Sources
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19910621/REVIEWS/106210303/1023 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/eatingnrkempley_a0a162.htm https://www.variety.com/profiles/Film/main/125023/Eating.html?dataSet=1