The Glass Ceiling (1971)
- Original title
- El techo de cristal
- Directed by
- Eloy de la Iglesia
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country
- Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rated
- 18
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 18 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 bored housewife becomes convinced that her upstairs neighbor has murdered her disabled husband. She tries to gather evidence while dealing with her own isolation and doubt.
suspensefulparanoidtenseslow-burnclaustrophobicpsychologicaleerieunderstated
What happens
The Glass Ceiling (Spanish:El techo de cristal) is a 1971 psychological thriller film, written and directed by Eloy de la Iglesia. It stars Carmen Sevilla, Dean Selmier and Patty Shepard. The plot follows a bored housewife who begins to suspect that her upstairs neighbor killed her invalid husband. Sevilla won a major award in her home country (the Cinema Writers Circle Award) for this performance. The film is somewhat inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954) and the paranoia classic George Cukor's Gaslight (1944). The film was a commercial success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Roosters of Dawn (1971)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.