A Woman Under the Influence
“A powerful, emotional look at love, marriage, compromise and life. So much truth and honesty in one motion picture will leave you emotionally exhausted.”
Mabel Longhetti, desperate and lonely, is married to a Los Angeles municipal construction worker, Nick. 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.
An unflinching, deeply human portrayal of a marriage fraying at the seams. It feels intensely real, capturing the messy, often painful, dynamics of love and mental health with raw honesty and profound empathy.
