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DVD Release Date
• R1: Jul 3, 2000
Running Time
2 hours, 35 minutes
Country USA
Studio Faces Distribution Corporation
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Other Titles
• A Woman Under the Influence
• Frau unter Einfluß, Eine (1974)
• Moglie, Una (1974)
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Genre: Drama, Psychodrama, Mental Illness, Marriage, Suspense, Love, Mental Institution
Plot: John Cassavetes’s A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE is an extraordinarily powerful drama about a California housewife's mental disintegration. Mabel Longhetti (Gena Rowlands), wife of Nick Longhetti (Cassavetes regular and COLUMBO star Peter Falk), has no emotional or creative outlets, putting her entire being into her family. She spends her days waiting for Nick to return from work and her children from school. This dependence begins to take a toll, and Mabel has a nervous breakdown that forces her to spend time in a mental hospital; meanwhile, Nick struggles to keep the family together. Devastatingly, when she returns six months later, a welcome-home party threatens to trigger another collapse. As the confused, overwhelmed Mabel, Rowlands delivers one of the most grueling performances ever committed to celluloid, which also stands as a tribute to her real-life husband Cassavetes's insistence on getting to the inner core of his characters’ emotional states. Falk portrays Nick with a harsh yet delicate pathos that is also honest and moving. A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE is a truly groundbreaking and original film from a maverick American director; both he and Rowlands were nominated for Oscars for their respective roles.
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