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A Woman Under the Influence is a 1974 American drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes. The story follows a woman ( Gena Rowlands ) whose unusual behavior leads to conflict with her blue-collar husband ( Peter Falk ) and family. [3]
Nov 18, 1974 · A Woman Under the Influence: Directed by John Cassavetes. With Peter Falk, Gena Rowlands, Fred Draper, Lady Rowlands. Although wife and mother Mabel is loved by her husband Nick, her mental illness places a strain on the marriage.
Electrified by searing performances from Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk, A Woman Under the Influence finds pioneering independent filmmaker John Cassavetes working at his artistic peak.
“A Woman Under the Influence” comes in the full flood of marriage and parenthood, with an uncertain balance between hope and fear. Cassavetes cut many other films from the bolt of his quest and exhilaration.
A Woman Under the Influence. This uncompromising portrait of domestic turmoil details the emotional breakdown of a suburban housewife and her family’s struggle to save her from herself.
John Cassavetes’ “A Woman Under the Influence” gives us a woman whose influences only gradually reveal themselves. And as they do, they give us insights not only into one specific, brilliantly created, woman but into some of the problems of surviving in a society where very few people are fully liberated.
The genesis of A Woman Under the Influence (1974) began when director John Cassavetes' wife, actress Gena Rowlands, told him she wanted to do a play about the difficulties women were facing at that time.
