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Mandatory Viewing
isabelle:
Anyone heard of this French film, "Le Retour de Martin Guerre"? About (real) adultery, and how it is not always worthy of condemnation...
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: isabelle on April 19, 2006, 04:50:56 pm ---Anyone heard of this French film, "Le Retour de Martin Guerre"? About (real) adultery, and how it is not always worthy of condemnation...
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I've heard of that. Isn't it what "Somersby" with Jodie Foster and Richard Gere is based on? Somersby returns after being in prison, but is he really her (abusive) husband who's changed, or someone who looks just like him but who is a generous, gentle soul? I loved the premise of that movie. I've been meaning to see the original ever since.
moremojo:
--- Quote from: isabelle on April 19, 2006, 04:50:56 pm ---Anyone heard of this French film, "Le Retour de Martin Guerre"? About (real) adultery, and how it is not always worthy of condemnation...
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Yes, I've seen this film, some time back when it was in theatrical release. One feels great sympathy for Nathalie Baye's character--like Ennis, in her very different way, she was doing the best she could with what she knew and expected from her world. A wonderful performance among many, in a very intelligent and thought-provoking period film.
Alain Resnais's great 1959 film Hiroshima mon amour, with a screenplay by Marguerite Duras, is another movie where adulterous characters are treated with great sympathy and insight.
Scott
monimm18:
Barb, you got a good list there. If I may add:
No Man's Land
Malena
Mediterraneo
Taking Sides
The Elephant Man
Burnt by the Sun
delalluvia:
Heathers
Donnie Darko
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