Darling

Darling is a 1965 British comedy/drama film written by Frederic Raphael, directed by John Schlesinger, and starring Julie Christie with Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Harvey. It is considered one of Schlesinger's best films and an insightful satire of mid-sixties British culture. Julie Christie won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Diana Scott. Darling tells the story of a bored young married woman named Diana Scott who drifts up the social and economic ladders of modern society without really knowing what she wants. Initially she draws the attention of a television... journalist and they both leave their spouses to begin an affair. After growing increasingly bored with this relationship, she begins working as a television and print model and minor actress, this work bringing her into the orbit of a cynical ad executive . Eventually, both relationships fall apart, but while shooting a television commercial in Italy, she meets an aging, widowed Italian prince with several children and marries him. The marriage proves unsatisfactory, but she eventually discovers that there is no way out.
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