| Mia Farrow | Alice |
| Joe Mantegna | Joe |
| William Hurt | Doug |
| Alec Baldwin | Ed |
| Blythe Danner | Dorothy |
| Judy Davis | Vicki |
| Keye Luke | Dr. Yang |
| Bernadette Peters | Muse |
| Cybill Shepherd | Nancy Brill |
| Gwen Verdon | Alice's Mother |
| Julie Kavner | Decorator |
| Holland Taylor | Helen |
A well-to-do Manhattan housewife, Alice Tate, finds her affections shifting from her stockbroker husband of 16 years to saxophone player Joe Ruffalo, a veritable stranger. After realizing her feelings, Tate begins to experience back pains and visits a Chinatown herbalist, Dr. Yang, for a cure. Perceptive to her dilemma, Yang provides a series of magical herbal remedies to provide Tate the insight she needs to solve her problem.
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