The Bell Jar

Year: 1979

Runtime: 107 mins

Language: English

Director: Larry Peerce

Drama

Being a woman in the 1950s often demands courage. A young woman spends a summer in New York working for a Mademoiselle‑style magazine, then returns to New England and suffers a breakdown. Her crisis is set against the era’s grim backdrop, from the Rosenbergs’ execution to sleazy disc jockeys and predatory college boys.

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