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VIEW FROM TOP OF STAIRS AS FAMILY COMES UP THE STAIRS. BEDTIME. FAMILY GOING UPSTAIRS MOTHER FATHER AND CHILDREN. PAN OVER TO CHILDREN'S BEDROOM. THEY STAND THERE. SMILING MABEL. HAPPY FAMILY. "YOU KNOW YOU LOOK JUST LIKE YOUR FATHER" WINKING DAD. MOOD WHIPLASH. MOTHER LAYS HER HEAD ON PILLOW NEXT TO SON. HE SAYS "I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOU" REASSURING MOTHER TELLS SON SHE'S FINE. BOY KISSES MOTHER ON THE LIPS. BEDTIME FOR CHILDREN. MABEL SITS DOWN NEXT TO OTHER SON. HE SAYS "I LOVE YOU." ASKS HER TO LIE DOWN. MOTHER LIES DOWN WITH HER SON. REASSURING AND COMFORTING MOTHER. NICK PACES AROUND SON KISSES MOTHER'S NOSE AND MOUTH. HOLDS UP FIST TO NICK. NICK NODS, APPROVING FATHER. NICK PUTS DAUGHTER TO BED AND KISSES HER. HAPPY FAMILY. NICK STARTS TALKING ABOUT LOVE AND HOW TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER. NICK LEAVES THE ROOM AND STARTS SHOUTING THAT HE NEEDS TO BE OBEYED BECAUSE HE'S THE FATHER. MABEL LEAVES THE LIGHTS ON FOR THE CHILDREN

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Reel Summary Mabel, a wife and mother, is loved by her husband Nick but her madness proves to be a problem in the marriage. The film transpires to a positive role of madness in the family, challenging conventional representations of madness in cinema. DIRECTED BY JOHN CASSAVETES STARRING: GENA ROWLANDS, PETER FALK, FRED DRAPER
Description VIEW FROM TOP OF STAIRS AS FAMILY COMES UP THE STAIRS. BEDTIME. FAMILY GOING UPSTAIRS MOTHER FATHER AND CHILDREN. PAN OVER TO CHILDREN'S BEDROOM. THEY STAND THERE. SMILING MABEL. HAPPY FAMILY. "YOU KNOW YOU LOOK JUST LIKE YOUR FATHER" WINKING DAD. MOOD WHIPLASH. MOTHER LAYS HER HEAD ON PILLOW NEXT TO SON. HE SAYS "I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOU" REASSURING MOTHER TELLS SON SHE'S FINE. BOY KISSES MOTHER ON THE LIPS. BEDTIME FOR CHILDREN. MABEL SITS DOWN NEXT TO OTHER SON. HE SAYS "I LOVE YOU." ASKS HER TO LIE DOWN. MOTHER LIES DOWN WITH HER SON. REASSURING AND COMFORTING MOTHER. NICK PACES AROUND SON KISSES MOTHER'S NOSE AND MOUTH. HOLDS UP FIST TO NICK. NICK NODS, APPROVING FATHER. NICK PUTS DAUGHTER TO BED AND KISSES HER. HAPPY FAMILY. NICK STARTS TALKING ABOUT LOVE AND HOW TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER. NICK LEAVES THE ROOM AND STARTS SHOUTING THAT HE NEEDS TO BE OBEYED BECAUSE HE'S THE FATHER. MABEL LEAVES THE LIGHTS ON FOR THE CHILDREN
Genre 1970S FEATURE FILMS
Color color
Year 1974
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