Barbara, a young woman consumed by despair, contemplates suicide, while a man she meets in a church and a married couple struggle to persuade her that life is still worth living. Mekas’s film weaves this intimate drama into a larger reflection on alienation, politics, and the turbulence of early 1960s America.
Barbara
Ben
Gregory
Argus
Frank
Luis
Sudie
Leonard
Man Looking for Job
Man with Theorbo
Girl on Swing
Woman with Child
Self (voice)
Pregnant Woman
Mime II
Man at the Desk
Poetry Reader
Mime I
Office Woman