Her Marriage Was A Prison... With Only One Way Out This psychodrama is set in New Zealand during the 1880s and is based on the true story of an orphaned 18 year old who marries a cruel much older man. He constantly abuses her and keeps her under his thumb until finally she snaps and using hypnotism kills him. Later she is tried in court for murder.
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Set in New Zealand during the 1880s this film is based on the true story of an orphaned 18-year-old girl (Jodie Foster) who marries a much older man. However, he constantly abuses her and keeps her under his thumb until, using hypnotism, she kills him.
An 18-year-old orphan is trapped in an arranged marriage to a cruel middle-aged man. While she initially hoped for a better life, she soon realised that she wants out of the arrangement. When he turns up murdered, she is the prime suspect, arousing the ire of a nation. Based on the true story of Victoria Thompson in New Zealand.
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