A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974) - ♦♦♦♦♦

Directed by - John Cassavetes

Written by - John Cassavetes

Starring - Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk

"This drama of the troubled existence of an Italian American family, with a near mad woman who has no perception of her individuality, a fed up husband and their children.

John Cassavetes delivers another masterpiece in an idiosyncratic gritty and unsympathetic portrait. The performances are intense, Rowlands and Falk in top shape and given enough room to give it their all by the director’s distinguishing filmmaking process. The film is an intense and powerfully draining work, as well as one of the best of the early days of the American independent cinema."

Drama, USA