tim

Director: michael pate

Actor: piper laurie,mel gibson,alwyn kurts,pat evison

Data Published: Fri Jul 13 1979

Genres: Drama,Romance

Key Words: male and female protagonists,borderline mentally retarded,looking at oneself in a mirror,man wears eyeglasses,woman wears eyeglasses

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080024/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_(film)

Description: Tim is a movie starring Piper Laurie, Mel Gibson, and Alwyn Kurts. A somewhat mentally handicapped 20-year-old man works as a laborer, but everyone abuses his naiveté. A nice 40-year-old American woman hires him one day and they...

Plot: It is the story of the developing relationship between an older, educated & wealthy American woman, Mary Horton (played by Piper Laurie) who lives on her own and a handsome, developmentally impaired 24-year-old builder's labourer, Tim Melville (played by Mel Gibson), whom she hires. Tim lives with his sister, Dawnie (Deborah Kennedy), who is a year older than he is, and their parents Ron (Alwyn Kurts) and Emily (Pat Evison). Dawnie marries her boyfriend, Mick Harrington (David Foster). Dawnie and Mick make clear they dislike Mary and oppose her relationship with Tim, but do not state their reason for feeling that way. Tim eventually marries Mary.