Play It as It Lays 1972

Maria's life was a search for the ultimate answer even after she found there was none.

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R
Drama

Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.

Release Date 1972-10-19
Runtime 1h 39m
Directors Frank Perry, Edward Teets, Jordan Cronenweth
Producers Dominick Dunne, Frank Perry
Writers Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne, Joan Didion