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- 20th Century70s
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A Woman Under The Influence, 1974
English, Italian
USA
Profile of A Woman Under The Influence
The mood of A Woman Under The Influence is bleak, tense, and emotional. The plot centers around mental illness, a family in crisis, and a crumbling marriage. It is a drama and independent movie. In approach, A Woman Under The Influence is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. It takes place, at least partly, in the suburbs. A Woman Under The Influence is set in Los Angeles. It happens in the 20th century. The movie is known for being essential viewing, an award winner, and critically acclaimed. Note that A Woman Under The Influence includes profanity.
Summary of A Woman Under The Influence
John Cassavetes's A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE is an emotionally devastating drama that charts the mental disintegration of a California housewife. Mabel Longhetti (Gena Rowlands) has no emotional or creative outlets. Instead, she pours all her energy into her family, spending her days waiting for her husband Nick (Cassavetes regular and COLUMBO star Peter Falk) to arrive home from work, and anxiously awaiting her children's return from school. This dependence causes Mabel to suffer a nervous breakdown, forcing her to spend time in a mental hospital. Meanwhile, Nick struggles mightily to keep his family together. When Mabel returns six months later, dazed and shaken, a "welcome home" party threatens to trigger another collapse.
As the confused, overwhelmed, and hypersensitive Mabel, Rowlands delivers one of the screen's most excruciatingly honest performances. This can directly be attributed to Rowlands's real-life husband Cassavetes, whose insistence on getting to the inner core of his characters' emotional states defined him as an artist. Falk portrays Nick with a harsh yet delicate pathos that is also honest and heartbreaking. A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE is an awe-inspiring work of art from a maverick American director.
Details
| Language: | English, Italian |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 12 October 1974 |
| Runtime: | 155 min |
Cast and Crew
as Mabel Longhetti
as Nick Longhetti
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- 02.January.2009
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- by: mishehu
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