This Woman Is Not a Car

This Woman Is Not a Car

4.0IMDb Score
Released:1982-01-06
Duration:23 min
Country:Australia
Director:Margaret Dodd
Actors:Phil Colson, Richard Morecroft, Daniel Sedgwick, Gareth Sedgwick, Katrina Sedgwick
Production:Arid Zone Productions

Overview:

A depressed wife and mother whose reality is starting to fracture into fantasy, drives her children to the beach. On the return journey she stops at a service station to fill up with petrol. Four mechanics eye her off and, as one of them walks towards her car, a full-blown erotic fantasy develops.

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