Desperate Living (1977)

Directed by

John Waters

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, crime film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

NC-17

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 120 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A suburban housewife kills her husband and flees with her maid to Mortville, a lawless shantytown ruled by a cruel queen. The film follows their struggle to survive in a world of outcasts and eccentrics.

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What happens

Desperate Living is a 1977 American black comedy film directed, produced, and written by John Waters. The film stars Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey, Mary Vivian Pearce, and Jean Hill. It is the third installment of what Waters has labeled the "Trash Trilogy", which also includes Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974), and the only one without Divine. The film generated a cult following around Renay, who appeared in at least two dozen other films. Following the murder of her husband, a suburban housewife and her maid agree to be exiled to Mortville, a shantytown ruled by a tyrannical queen regnant. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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