Name: Una mujer bajo la influencia
Director: John Cassavetes
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1974
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Fred Draper

Question 1

How do you think a family should respond when one of its members suffers from a mental illness?

Accepted Answer

Intense psychological drama about mental health and marriage under extreme pressure. John Cassavetes constructs with *A Woman Under the Influence* a stark portrait of the mental health crisis within marriage and family. The work does not deconstruct the family institution — it defends it by showing a husband who, with clumsiness and desperation, fights to keep…

Question 2

What does Nick's commitment say about what marriage means in difficult times?

Accepted Answer

al health crisis within marriage and family. The work does not deconstruct the family institution — it defends it by showing a husband who, with clumsiness and desperation, fights to keep his family together when his wife's illness threatens to destroy everything. Gena Rowlands…

Question 3

Why is it important not to abandon those we love when they are going through crises, even if it is painful?

Accepted Answer

itution — it defends it by showing a husband who, with clumsiness and desperation, fights to keep his family together when his wife's illness threatens to destroy everything. Gena Rowlands delivers a monumental performance that unfiltered exposes the anguish of a mind…