Jacob Burns Jewish Film Festival: The Heartbreak Kid

Charles Grodin stars as sporting goods salesman Lenny Cantrow, who leaves his new wife (Jeannie Berlin) during their honeymoon to pursue the shiksa of his dreams, the midwestern blonde Kelly Corcoran (Cybill Shepherd). A bracing comedy of discomfort, The Heartbreak Kid is directed by Elaine May working from a screenplay by Neil Simon and Bruce Jay Friedman.

Jacob Burns Film Center