After seeing the Oscar-winning Iranian film A Separation, I was intrigued to see that the latest Persephone letter claims that its links with Dorothy Whipple are 'self-evident.'
Hmmm ... not to me they weren't, although I suppose you could make some convoluted connection with Someone At A Distance if you were really determined.
Has anybody else seen it? It was certainly a very good film.
Sad to say, I saw it and didn't like it. I thought that there were too many emotional crises piled one on another. I also felt that the ending was maddening and manipulative. Whom do you think the daughter chose and why?
Hello, Kay, I'm so glad you dropped in to comment as nobody I know has seen this. Well, I know what you mean ... it was one thing after another, and I found it hard fully to believe that the car had hit her. (Gosh, that was a spoiler, sorry!) I thought there was still some hope at the end - not much, but a bit. But I suppose if the daughter was forced to choose, I think she'd have chosen her father despite seeing his flaws and maybe not even wanting to choose him. What do you think? I suppose it is manipulative, making the audience decide - but I did think it was clever. And so much more satisfying than an Americanised redemptive ending.
Sad to say, I saw it and didn't like it. I thought that there were too many emotional crises piled one on another. I also felt that the ending was maddening and manipulative. Whom do you think the daughter chose and why?
ReplyDeleteHello, Kay, I'm so glad you dropped in to comment as nobody I know has seen this. Well, I know what you mean ... it was one thing after another, and I found it hard fully to believe that the car had hit her. (Gosh, that was a spoiler, sorry!)
ReplyDeleteI thought there was still some hope at the end - not much, but a bit. But I suppose if the daughter was forced to choose, I think she'd have chosen her father despite seeing his flaws and maybe not even wanting to choose him. What do you think?
I suppose it is manipulative, making the audience decide - but I did think it was clever. And so much more satisfying than an Americanised redemptive ending.