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THE RAIN PEOPLE (1969). A disconnected, confused and newly pregnant Housewife deserts her husband and family, hitting the road to "Find" herself or maybe try to make sense of how She's feeling. Along the way, she makes the acquantince of brain damaged Football player -early James Caan-and He almost becomes a surrogate child, even if her treatment of him sometimes is questionable.
Early Francis Ford Coppola film has "Cult status" attached to it and while it certainly has moments (interesting look at how Women's lib was starting to appear, but how little control women had over their destinies), it just flips and flops. Shirley Night is VERY good as the addled protagonist, but her behavior is all over the place. You really root for her in some scenes and others, You want to lob a brick at her. The ending is kind of up in the air for Me, but it's worth checking out. Lots of real small town footage and read that George Lucas, a friend of FFC was a cameraman. **1/2
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