Released:
1981-10-09

Overview:
Marilyn Jordan, an American, lives in Stockholm with her Swedish husband and family. Her behavior is bizarre, perhaps mad: she poisons the dog's milk and advises the dog not to drink it; she sets the sheets afire as her husband sleeps; she crawls under the dining table to sing. While detained at airport customs for carrying pruning shears, she meets a young Yugoslav woman and goes with her to a Gypsy enclave where she's fought over, takes a lover, helps with the sordid entertainment at a bar, and returns home more dangerous than before. The film also tells parallel stories of Marilyn's daughter becoming a junior homemaker as the young immigrant practices her striptease.

Director:
Dušan Makavejev

Runtime:
1h 36min

Genre:
Comedy, Drama, Romance

• Cast:
• 
  Susan Anspach
  as
  Marilyn Jordan
• 
  Erland Josephson
  as
  Martin Jordan
• 
  Marianna Jacobi
  as
  Cookie Jordan
• 
  Jamie Marsh
  as
  Jimmy Jordan
• 
  John Zacharias
  as
  Grandpa Bill