Rachel, Rachel

Rachel, Rachel is a 1968 American Technicolor drama film produced and directed by Paul Newman and starring Joanne Woodward in the title role. The screenplay by Stewart Stern is based on the 1966 novel A Jest of God by Canadian author Margaret Laurence. The plot concerns a schoolteacher in smalltown Connecticut, whose sexual awakening and gaining of independence takes place in her mid thirties. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, and won two Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Actress.