One of three friends who work in an advertising agency has a nervous breakdown. Upon her recovery, she embarks upon an affair with her former employer's husband, with deadly consequences.
Acting
Jennifer Beals serving unhinged elegance
Direction
Marisa Silver's underseen feminist thriller eye
Costume
Power suits as psychological warfare
Director
Marisa Silver
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a 1990s wave of 'yuppie nightmare' TV movies where professional women's ambition curdles into violence, reflecting backlash anxieties about women in corporate power.
Marisa Silver directed this between her acclaimed indie Permanent Record and studio work, making it a fascinating liminal project—studio resources with outsider sensibility.
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