Suburban Wives (1972)

A spicy satire of modern manners and mores. Newspaperwoman Sarah relates the separate stories of married couples. The husbands are satisfied with their lot, but the wives are not. Sarah describes a situation in which dissatisfied and bored middle-class housewives seek excitement and adventure outside their marital homes and beds. ****** Segment 1: Irene's husband, John is a jellyfish man who has no courage at work. She takes responsibility and persuades his boss for a promotion in her way. ****** Segment 2: Sheila gambles on horse races without her husband's knowledge. Soon she makes some debt and decides to pat it by house prostitution in the afternoons. ****** Segment 3: George has an affair with his secretary but his wife Kathy doesn't accept the defeat and plays a trick to them. ****** Segment 4: A ski trainee has an affair with her instructor. ****** Segment 5: A photographer, Steve sets a trap for Carole and takes her nude pictures. Later she blackmails and takes her to bed. ****** Segment 6: Sarah and her husband, Charles lost the flames of their marriage. She wants to spice it up and prepares a lustful evening by special dresses. But her husband comes with a friend. ****** Segment 7: Leonard, Jill's husband has affairs with all their au-pairs. But this time she tries to take her revenge.