Desperate Characters
5.1(8)19711h 37mEN
Directed by Frank D. Gilroy
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.
depressionnew york cityhusband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookmidlife crisisdespairboredomparanoiafrigidityvandalismchildlessnessmiddle class
