A Woman Under The Influence

John Cassavettes directs Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk in the story of a couple that are going through a bit of strife, accentuated by the wife's manifestations of ODD BEHAVIOR.  Maybe just obssesive-compulsive, with a little nervous exhaustion and manic depression thrown on to boot.  When the wife is institutionalize for her breakdown, we don't get to see what the wife is put through but are left to watch the husband try to carry on.  His love for his wife does not prevent him from chastizing her in public for her OCD like behavior or even striking her.  Unfortunately, the homecoming after her release show that the healing may not be complete, since the brutish husband is unable to show empathy.  The melt down of the nuclear family.