The film by John Cassavetes “Faces” / Faces, 1968, shot in the style of Cinéma vérité (film truth), tells a seemingly quite banal story of not very successful family relationships. There will be spoilers all over.
Richard Forst (John Marley) and his wife Maria have lived together for 14 years, he is a film distributor, she is a bored housewife. Once after another viewing, Richard, along with his friend Freddie (Fred Draper) went to a pretty girl on a call Jenny (Gina Rowlands). Being no longer very young men, they were furious and broke off, as they say, in full, and it was noticeable that Jenny clearly sympathizes with Richard, and he her. After coming home and a little fooling around, he suddenly told his wife that he wanted to divorce and went to meet with Jenny, who, however, did not come to the bar, he went to her house, and there was already her friend and other customers. After some clarification, the others left, and Richard stayed there for the night. His wife Maria also did not waste time, along with her three friends she went to some club, where they met with a rather windy guy Chet (Seymour Cassel), who tried to dance with Maria, she evaded, unlike her friend, who literally hung on him, after which they all went to Maria’s house. There was not so much fun, there were all sorts of conversations in which the tops of some problems appeared. In the end, Chet spent the night with Maria, and the next morning found that she tried to commit suicide, he managed to bring her to life, and then inappropriately and the husband came in a good mood, although the day before he threatened not to come again. The couple managed to slip out the window, and the couple remained in the house. No one knows how it ends. The complicated thing is family life.
The original version of the film was 183 minutes long, then Cassavetes shortened it to 130 minutes (I was watching this version), but later another version was discovered, the film is listed on the National Film Registry as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant." Has several prestigious nominations, including three Oscars, as well as several awards. So if you like Cassavetes movies, you should watch this one.