Desperate Living

Friday, April 5 - Saturday, April 13, 2024

Screening on 35mm!

A rich housewife murders her husband with the help of her overweight maid, and the two go on the run, ending up in Mortville, a town providing refuge for criminals. They shack up with a lesbian ex-wrestler and her murderess lover, before running into the tyrannical Queen Carlotta, ruler of Mortville…

Screening as part of our new midnight series Sicks by John Waters

• Country USA
• Year 1977
• Running Time 90 minutes
• Format 35mm
• Distributor Park Circus
• Director John Waters
• Cast Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey, Mary Vivain Pearce
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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