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

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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