Ordinary People

Ordinary People is a 1980 American drama film, the first feature directed by Robert Redford. The screenplay by Alvin Sargent is based on the 1976 novel by Judith Guest. The film follows the disintegration of a wealthy family in Lake Forest, Illinois, after one son dies in an accident and the other attempts to die by suicide. It stars Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, and Timothy Hutton.