Dancing in the Dark

Year: 1986

Runtime: 97 mins

Language: English

Director: Leon Marr

Drama

Edna Cormick seems the perfect housewife, married to Harry, a proud salesman who openly declares her his wife. Her identity hinges on him, and she obsessively maintains their home. After Harry’s sudden death, Edna is placed in a psychiatric ward and reviews her life through orderly flashbacks, exposing her devotion and the unraveling of her psyche.

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