The Cracker Factory

The Cracker Factory

The only way to stop feeling trapped was to stop feeling at all.

1979 · 100 min · ★ 9.3 · TV Movie, Drama

Drama depicting the problems of a suburban housewife suffering from fits of depression and alcoholism, and her stay in a psychiatric center after a feeble suicide attempt.

Directed by Burt Brinckerhoff · Written by Richard Alan Shapiro

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