Family Life

Family Life

Nothing like it ever, ever before!

1971108 min7.3 / 10

A harrowing psychological drama about a young woman's descent into mental illness amid familial repression and institutional failure, told with unflinching intensity.

A young woman, Janice, is living with her restrictive and conservative parents, who lead a dull working-class life and consider their daughter to be “misbehaving” whenever she’s trying to find her own way in life.

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