A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

8.4	Listal rating
8	IMDB rating

Directed by

John Cassavetes

Starring (View all)

Peter Falk

Nick Longhetti

Gena Rowlands

Mabel Longhetti

Fred Draper

George Mortensen

Lady Rowlands

Martha Mortensen

Katherine Cassavetes

Margaret Longhetti

Matthew Laborteaux

Angelo Longhetti

Matthew Cassel

Tony Longhetti

Christina Grisanti

Maria Longhetti

Written by

John Cassavetes

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A Woman Under the Influence

3 years, 7 months ago at Oct 9 13:28

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John Cassavetes was an American genius. There is a distinctively American flavor to his filmmaking – these stories feel like they can only be told in our suburbs or modern society. A Woman Under the Influence is the first film that I saw from him, and it remains my favorite. The story follows the sixth months before and after a Los Angeles housewife’s institution, she has slowly succumbed to s... read more

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Mabel, a wife and mother, is loved by her husband Nick but her madness proves to be a problem in the marriage. The film transpires to a positive role of madness in the family, challenging conventional representations of madness in cinema.

Release date : 18 November 1974
UPC: 013023002890

1970s (10), 1974 (8), Drama (7), Usa (5), Romance (4), Family (4), Madness (4), Independent Film (3), Father Son Relationship (3), Marriage (3), Infidelity (3), Los Angeles California (2), Father Daughter Relationship (2), Love (2), Mother Son Relationship (2), Unfaithfulness (2), Male Female Relationship (2), Drunkenness (2), Utility Employee (1), Lunatic (1)

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"15.03. PC/TV, 1st viewing DIRECTED BY John Cassavetes Another hard-to-watch film. For different reasons to those of The Fly though. The distinctively Cassavetes, documentary-like feel brings the characters really close to the viewer which means you have to witness the troubled life of the Longhetti family almost like it's your own. Depression, marital problems and lots of shouting. I thought Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was giving me a hard time. Unfortunately, the film's really heavy to si"