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Play It As It Lays

Play It As It Lays

Maria Wyeth is a successful actress unhappily married to a producer who is depressed. Maria tells her story from inside a psychiatric institution and reflects on what brought her there. Maria has an affair with a screenwriter, and when she tells her husband about her pregnancy, he demands that she get an abortion. Maria has a series of one night stands and illegal misadventures. She returns to LA to witness her best friend commit suicide. 

Keywords: Coerced abortion.

Production company:

F.P. Productions

Health outcomes:

Psychosis

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