The film follows two lifelong friends, (Jack Nicholson) and Sandy (Art Garfunkel), from their college days at Amherst in the late 1940s through to middle age in the early 1970s.
Carnal Knowledge (1971) is a darkly humorous American drama directed by Mike Nichols and written by Jules Feiffer that explores the changing sexual mores of American men over several decades.
: As years pass, Sandy’s marriage falters, leading him to chase a youth-obsessed "hippie" lifestyle. Meanwhile, Jonathan enters a volatile, long-term relationship with Bobbie (Ann-Margret), a woman who becomes the target of his deepening misogyny and frustration.