Milton Katselas

After a fling with a man nearly 20 years her junior while vacationing in Greece, Ann Stanley returns to New York assuming she'll never see Albert again, until, that is, he unknowingly shows up on her doorstep as a date for her daughter. Despite her yearning for Albert and the encouragement of her friends and family, Ann initially rebuffs him but slowly yields to his charm and her own stifled emotions.

After a fling with a man nearly 20 years her junior while vacationing in Greece, Ann Stanley returns to New York assuming she'll never see Albert again. Until, that is, he unknowingly shows up on her doorstep as a date for her daughter. Despite her yearning for Albert and the encouragement of her friends and family, Ann initially rebuffs him but slowly yields to his charm and her own stifled emotions.

A free spirit (Goldie Hawn) helps a timid and intelligent young blind man (Edward Albert) break away from his overprotective mother (Eileen Heckart). Though initially resenting the girl's intrusion into her son's life (which includes a few lessons in sex), Heckart, whose performance won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award® finally realizes that her son needs to become self-reliant.

Based on the Broadway play, Butterflies Are Free is a sensitive, touching comedy about a blind young man, Don Baker (Edward Albert) who is determined to make a life for himself despite his handicap. Leaving the security of his parents' home, he takes an apartment in San Francisco, promising his overprotective mother (Eileen Heckart) that if in three months he can't make it on his own, he'll return home. His first acquaintance is his next door neighbor, Jill Tanner (Goldie Hawn), an eccentric aspiring actress. Jill is charmed by Don's quick sense of humor and they become fast friends and lovers. Their relationship is threatened by Don's mother's intrusions and by Jill's lifestyle when she is offered a part in a play by a theatrical producer who wants Jill to perform offstage as well as on.