WANDA
The independent feature film was released in 1970. It featured Barbara Loden in the starring role. She also wrote and directed it. Wanda Goronski lives an empty life, going from one lousy situation to another. Her life revolves around bars and men. She cannot find a job, and she divorces her husband and gives him custody of their children. The men she sleeps with abandon her until she meets Norman Dennis in a bar. Dennis is a thief, but she stays with him and acts as his accomplice, despite his physical and emotional abuse. A planned heist goes wrong, and Wanda finds herself back to her old life.
Wanda, Barbara Loden (1970). Source: Pinterest
The film was largely ignored when it was first released, apart from the International Critics’ Prize for Best Film win at the 1970 Venice International Film Festival. It received renewed interest after Loden died ten years later. In 2010, the film was restored and released. It has now won its long due recognition among fans.