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The Cracker Factory (1979) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1979 · 100 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Burt Brinckerhoff
- Starring
- Shelley Long, Juliet Mills, Natalie Wood, Sydney Lassick, Art Evans, Elsa Raven
Feeling trapped, she seeks escape by numbing all emotion. The drama follows a suburban housewife battling severe depression and alcoholism, portraying her fragile suicide attempt and subsequent admission to a psychiatric center, where her inner turmoil and struggle for recovery are starkly depicted. It examines the psychological weight of confinement and the harsh realities of institutional care.
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