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The Stepford wives
Bryan Forbes
- 1975
- USA
- Science-fiction
- 1h55mn
- Original version with French subtitles
- Color
Joanna and her family have just moved into a residential area in the charming town of Stepford. She meets her friendly neighbors, happy housewives in bliss. But the American way of life hides many a secret.
It’s essential to rediscover Bryan Forbes’ filmography, among which gems stand out like Séance on a Wet Afternoon and The Whisperers. Supported by Katarine Ross’s performance, The Stepford Wives is also one of these gems. Adapted from Ira Levin, the author of Rosemary’s Baby (in which the heroine endures her social isolation in a similar way), this is a sci-fi masterpiece: terrifying, ultra political, often imitated (Get Out) but never equalled.
Screenings
16/09 • 15h45 • Screen 300
Credits
- With : Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman, Tina Louise
- Screenplay : William Goldman, from the novel by Ira Levin
- Photography : Owen Roizman
- Editing : Timothy Gee
- Music by : Michael Small
- Production : Edgar J. Scherick, Gustave M. Berne, Roger M. Rothstein
