Lianna is in her 30s living in a small city in New Jersey. She has two kids, and her husband Dick is a professor. Her marriage is no longer happy as Dick is hypocritical and bossy and even cheats on her. To overcome the weariness, Lianna takes a college course on child psychology with her friend Sandy during which she falls in love with the teacher, Ruth. Realizing her sexual identity through the relationship with Ruth, Lianna decides to break up with Dick. Although Dick has been cheating on her, he threatens Lianna for having a lesbian affair. Meanwhile, Ruth feels uncomfortable, as Lianna wants to live with her.
Director Sayles calmly depicts a common, middle-class housewife, coming out and fighting against social bias all by herself. Sayles completed the movie’s scenario before his 1979 debut movie
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