Polyester

(1981)
Movie
Movie Information
Runtime:
86 minutes
IMDb Rating:
7.0/10 (10,134 votes)
Genres:
Comedy
Countries:
United States
Spoken Languages:
eng
Plot

A suburban homemaker's world falls apart when she finds that her pornographer husband is serially unfaithful to her, her daughter is pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's feet.

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External IDs
IMDb ID:
tt0082926
Product Information
Product ID:
15609
Type:
Movie
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Release Dates
France
May 20, 1981
Cannes Film Market
United States
May 29, 1981
France
Oct 07, 1981
Alternative Titles
Polyester
Argentina
John Waters' Polyester
Australia
Polyester
Australia