Maestro of sexually charged melodrama Joseph W Sarno exposes the dark secrets behind the white picket fences of suburbia in his first major feature

 With a script based on Joe's own research into a real life, wife-swapping cult, this moody, monochrome, 1964 exposé still packs a punch as women whose husbands depart on the 7:21 train are left to hit on hunky workmen, their neighbours, their daughters' boyfriends... or the bottle!

The American dream of a white collar career in the city and a home in the suburbs is ruthlessly dissected as Sarno strips bare the myth of middle-class contentment to reveal the dysfunctional truth and show how dormitory towns breed alienation as the greedy and cynical ruthlessly prey on the lonely and bored. For many years Joe Sarno (1921-2010) languished in genre obscurity but today he is recognised as a distinctive voice in American independent cinema. For much of his long and prolific career he collaborated with his wife, Peggy, and the couple are the subject of an illuminating documentary, The Sarnos – A Life In Dirty Movies, showing in London Film Festival on 11th and 16th October 2013.

Owing to it mature nature, you must be over the age of adultery to attend this sizzling screening. 18 plus only - proof of age and identity may be requested.