The Bell Jar

Original title: The Bell Jar

107 minutes • 1979 • 3.8 Score

Adaptation of the 1963 novel by Sylvia Plath. Details a young woman's summer in New York working for a Mademoiselle-like magazine, return home to New England, and subsequent breakdown all amidst the horrors of the fifties, from news of the Rosenbergs' execution to sleazy disc jockeys and predatory college boys.

Larry Peerce

Director

Drama

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