A sort of distaff homage to Nicholas Ray's BIGGER THAN LIFE (1956), Rainer Werner Fassbinder's German TV melodrama offers a heart-rending examination of agoraphobia and the misuse of tranquilizers to treat it. German homemaker Margot (Margit Carstensen) can't shake the jitters as she faces the birth of her second child. Though supportive, her husband, Kurt (Ulrich Faulhaber), has no idea as to the extent of his fragile wife's inner turmoil. Not only does her first-born daughter resent the new baby, but Kurt's interfering mother (Brigitte Mira) and sister, Lore (Irm Hermann), question Margot's ability to bring up children and run a household. Without warning, Margot i...
Released:
1975
Rated:
NR
Length:
88 mins