Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, A Billion Dollar Dollar), winner of the 77th Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement, won the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award (Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards, Dean Stockwell) and Best Actress Award (Katharine Hepburn). Katharine Hepburn was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress. The film is adapted from the autobiographical play of the same name by Eugene O'Neill, an American playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature. It exposes the secrets of a man's family to the world without mercy and nakedness. This is an ethical film about the youth of a drama actor and his family. The past haunts him like a ghost, as if it is haunting him in the depths of his soul. If he doesn't talk about it, he will never be at peace. The film is profound, delicate and touching, and the performances of several actors are wonderful and shocking.