Puzzle of a Downfall Child

Puzzle of a Downfall Child

6.4IMDb Score
Released:1970-12-16
Genre:Drama
Duration:105 min
Director:Jerry Schatzberg
Actors:Faye Dunaway, Barry Primus, Viveca Lindfors, Barry Morse, Roy Scheider
Production:Universal Pictures, Jerrold Schatzberg Productions, Newman-Foreman Company

Overview:

Lou Andreas Sand, a once famous model, recalls her past as she tries to make success in the modeling world of New York, her stressful workdays, her affair with Mark, an advertising executive, her friendship with photographer Aaron, and her downward spiral into ruin.

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