Film

Play It as It Lays

Maria's life was a search for the ultimate answer even after she found there was none.

5.9

1h 39m

1972

“Maria's life was a search for the ultimate answer even after she found there was none.”

Synopsis

Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.

Director

Frank Perry

Drama

drug abusemental breakdownalienationfilm in filmfamemental institutionmental illnesslgbtforced abortionmarital tensionsparental alienationlavender marriage