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

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)

Trailer

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