Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970)

Directors

Frank Perry

Cast

Richard Benjamin, Frank Langella, Carrie Snodgress, Lorraine Cullen, Frannie Michel

The story

Tina Balser, an educated, frustrated housewife and mother, is in a loveless marriage with Jonathan, an insufferable, controlling, emotionally abusive, social-climbing lawyer in New York City. He treats her like a servant, undermines her with insults, and belittles her appearance, abilities, and the raising of their two girls Sylvie and Liz, who treat their mother with the same rudeness as their father. Searching for relief, she begins a sexually fulfilling affair with a cruel and coarse writer, George Prager, who treats her with similar brusqueness and contempt, which only drives her deeper into despair.

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