Where in the world is this scene in film/tv?

May 20, 2022 10:05 AM

The plot/ a plot involves a small-town/rural wife running off and having an affair and being forced to return to her husband for reasons I cannot recall. The scene in particular is her arriving home to what is maybe a farmhouse setting, devastated, while the husband quietly, and without seeming judgment, unpacks her suitcase. Is this something really obvious? I want to say this is 1930s/1940s time-wise, but I'm not sure the film/movie whatever was actually made in the 1930s/1940s. Ringing any bells for you?
posted by thivaia to Media & Arts (6 answers total)

The Bridges of Madison County?
posted by brianogilvie at 10:28 AM on May 20, 2022 [4 favorites]

Why Shoot the Teacher (1977) with Bud Cort? Starts at around 56:53
posted by Hardcore Poser at 8:02 PM on May 20, 2022 [1 favorite]

Any chance you're thinking of The Heiress, where a disappointed Olivia de Havilland returns from a planned elopement, carrying heavy suitcases up the stairs?
posted by praemunire at 10:57 PM on May 20, 2022 [2 favorites]

The French classic film "The Baker's wife"?
Or the musical?
Both inspired by the same book.
posted by bluedora at 1:39 PM on May 21, 2022 [1 favorite]

I have it in my head that it's a black and white film. I can see the scene described in my mind, but I can't pin it down beyond that. Sorry.
posted by sardonyx at 6:17 PM on May 21, 2022 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: I have it in my head that it's a black and white film. I can see the scene described in my mind, but I can't pin it down beyond that. Sorry.

I think you're right about it being black and white. When I wrote the question, I almost wrote "noir-adjacent" in the descriptions because in my memory it feels of that era/mood, if not exactly that kind of story. But I'm obviously flyng blind here, so I didn't want to rule anything out.
posted by thivaia at 8:37 AM on May 22, 2022 [1 favorite]