The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
- Directed by
- Jack Clayton
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 53 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman struggles with her roles as a wife and mother after having many children. Her marriage begins to unravel as she confronts feelings of isolation and loss of identity.
melancholicintrospectivetenseemotionally rawslow-burnvisually starkclaustrophobicsubdued
What happens
The Pumpkin Eater is a 1964 British drama film directed by Jack Clayton and starring Anne Bancroft and Peter Finch. The film was adapted by Harold Pinter from the 1962 novel of the same title by Penelope Mortimer. The title is a reference to the nursery rhyme "Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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