Dir: John Cassavetes
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Matthew Cassel, Matthew Laborteaux, Cristina Grisanti, Katherine Cassavetes, Sonny Aprile

Mabel Longhetti (Gena Rowlands), desperate and lonely, is married to a Los Angeles municipal construction worker, Nick (Peter Falk). Increasingly unstable, especially in the company of others, she craves happiness, but her extremely volatile behavior convinces Nick that she poses a danger to their family and decides to commit her to an institution for six months. Alone with a trio of kids to raise on his own, he awaits her return, which holds more than a few surprises.

Clare Trees, Film Club member said: “Big brown furniture, lots of smoking, this film makes you feel you are in the room too. It looks at the damage we do when we follow societal roles as mothers, wives, fathers, husbands – and the damage and madness that follows if we don’t. Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk are just hypnotic in the lead parts.”

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