Storyline

A wealthy harridan, Violet Venable, attempts to bribe Dr. Cukrowicz, a young psycho-surgeon from a New Orleans mental hospital that is desperately in need of funds, into lobotomizing her niece, Catherine Holly. Violet wants the operation performed in order to prevent Catherine from defiling the memory of her son, the poet Sebastian. Catherine has been babbling obscenely about Sebastian's mysterious death that she witnessed while on holiday together in Spain the previous summer.

Plot Keywords

mental institution, lobotomy, dysfunctional family, cannibalism, based on play, mother son relationship, homosexuality, asylum, new orleans louisiana, homosexual, trauma, amnesia, attempted suicide, garden, repressed memory, gay subtext, southern gothic, inheritance, jealousy, psychiatrist

Short Review

The main trouble with the picture is not its subject or its style, but its length.

Trailer

Streaming Service

1. Amazon Video : From $2.99 to rent, From $12.99 to buy

2. Apple iTunes : Track Price: 12.99, Track Rental Price: 3.99, Collection Price: 12.99, Track Hd Price: 12.99, Track Hd Rental Price: 3.99, Collection Hd Price: 12.99

3. Microsoft Store : Rent From $3.99

4. Vudu : [SD - Buy: 13.99, Rent: 2.99] [HDX - Buy: 13.99, Rent: 3.99]