The Burning Bed

The Burning Bed

1984 · 100 min · EN · 6.9 (38 votes)
Dir. Robert Greenwald · Starring Farrah Fawcett, Paul Le Mat, Richard Masur, Grace Zabriskie, Penelope Milford, Christa Denton · Music Charles Gross

He didn't know how to stop it... she did.

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An abused battered wife has had enough of husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes her one night, she sets the bed on fire with him in it asleep.

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This harrowing drama feels like a punch to the gut. It's an infuriating, yet ultimately empowering, look at a woman pushed to her absolute limit. The steady pacing builds unbearable tension towards a desperate act of survival.

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