Woman In A Dressing Gown

In a performance that won her the Best Actress Award at the Berlin Film Festival, Mitchell plays a blowsy housewife approaching middle age whose unsuccessful attempts to create a homelike atmosphere for her husband, Quayle, result in his having an affair with a younger girl from the office, Syms. This is no surprise, considering that Mitchell is anything but the ideal housewife, seldom able to prepare an eatable dinner or to greet her husband in anything but a soiled dressing gown. With divorce on his mind, when the moment of decision comes, Quayle can't make a break with his family. In a realistic portrayal of married life, Mitchell gives a pointedly human perform...