Suburbs of Eden (1992)
An experimental film looking at how a housewife struggles with the demands placed on her as a wife, mother, career-woman.
Top billed cast
Valery BlytheAnne- Victor de LorenzoMichael
- Marie KiefferHannah
- Barbara HolidayGrandmother
- Susan FirerPatient
- Susan E. HoltzmanAnne's Secretary
- Kirsten StoltmannMichael's Secretary
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