Lianna (1983) on Netflix
Lianna keeps house in a midsized New Jersey town and raises two children with Dick, a college professor. In a child psychology class she develops a crush on the instructor, Ruth.
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Lianna lives in a midsized New Jersey town with her husband Dick, a college professor, and their two children. Her days go to domestic errands and faculty parties. To address her boredom, and to give Dick the greater freedom he wants, she signs up for a child psychology extension class with her friend Sandy. In class she finds herself drawn to Ruth, the instructor. Ruth invites her home for dinner, and the two talk into the night; Lianna explains that she was a graduate student who married her professor. Dick has an affair going with a young coed.
