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A Woman Under the Influence is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Cassavetes released in USA on 18 november 1974 with Gena Rowlands
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 18 november 1974
Length 2h35
Directed by John Cassavetes
OriginUSA
Themes Films about families, Feminist films, Medical-themed films, Films about domestic violence, Films about psychiatry
Rating79%
A Woman Under the Influence is a 1974 American drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes. It focuses on a woman whose unusual behavior leads her husband to commit her for psychiatric treatment and the effect this has on their family. It received two Academy Award nominations for Best Actress and Best Director. In 1990, A Woman Under the Influence was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", one of the first fifty films to be so honored.
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Los Angeles housewife and mother Mabel loves her construction worker husband Nick and desperately wants to please him, but the strange mannerisms and increasingly odd behavior she displays while in the company of others has him concerned. Convinced she has become a threat to herself and others, he reluctantly commits her to an institution, where she undergoes treatment for six months.Actors
Gena Rowlands
(Mabel Longhetti)
Peter Falk
(Nick Longhetti)
Fred Draper
(George Mortensen)
Katherine Cassavetes
(Margaret Longhetti)
Matthew Laborteaux
(Angelo Longhetti)
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