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Desperate Characters (1971)

Desperate Characters (1971)

Drama
Release Date: 1971, September 22
Directors: Frank D. Gilroy
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: T.D.J. Productions Inc., ITC Entertainment, ITC Entertainment
Cast: Michael Higgins, Wallace Rooney, Carol Kane, Kenneth Mars, Shirley MacLaine, Mary Alan Hokanson, Patrick McVey, Chris Gampel, Rose Gregorio, Robert Bauer, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Nick Smith

Overview:

Sophie and Otto Bentwood are a middle-aged, middle class, childless Brooklyn Heights couple trapped in a loveless marriage. He is an attorney, she a translator of books. Their existence is affected not only by their disintegrating relationship but by the threats of urban crime and vandalism that surround them everywhere they turn, leaving them feeling paranoid, scared, and desperately helpless.

Keywords:

new york city based on novel or book depression anxiety husband wife relationship paranoia midlife crisis vandalism childlessness middle class despair boredom frigidity loveless marriage