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You can watch A Woman Under the Influence (1974) for free on Kanopy.

Mabel Longhetti, desperate and lonely, is married to a Los Angeles municipal construction worker, Nick. Increasingly unstable, especially in the company of others, she craves happiness, but her extremely volatile behavior convinces Nick that she poses a danger to their family and decides to commit her to an institution for six months. Alone with a trio of kids to raise on his own, he awaits her return, which holds more than a few surprises.

Can a marriage survive when one partner’s frantic search for connection begins to fracture their shared reality? This raw portrait of domestic instability captures the terrifying moment a woman's spirited personality turns into a perceived psychiatric crisis.

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