Really in love?


I see the couple's relationship differently from most people who have watched this film.
Yes, Leigh "seduced" Deborah out of interest, but I think he genuinely fell in love with her after starting to see her frequently.
He saw she was a beautiful, open-minded, mature person and felt touched by her fragility and inexperience.
It's obvious Deborah cared much more for him, leaving everything behind, specially her comfortable middle-class home.
Also, putting her principles aside, by agreeing to the gang's plan.
But I don't read Leigh as 100% mischievous and selfish, like we are led to believe.
Perhaps he was too young and his mates had too much of an influence on his behaviour.

Any opinions on that?

Laura


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you are right:
Leigh felt in love with her.
Deborah is so pure, so "human".
I think she was a complice to the robbery because she wanted to help him.

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I have not seen this movie , but would love to . Most reviews do depict him as being this pushy hard person , but I am sure if I see this I would agree with you.
I can't live without seeing this movie.

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when and where did you see this movie? it sounds like you just saw it I have been looking for months.

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I watched it on cable tv a couple of years ago, a few times...

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I don't think we're "led to believe" he is 100% ANYTHING.
(Well, except a compulsive childish liar...
"What's wrong with Clapham?!" ).

I actually do believe his "version": it started as a criminal plan but then he did grow to care for her and even love her.
Yes, he was still a liar and flawed altogether, but he did love her.

It's too bad she couldn't trust him anymore.



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I believe he loved her, too. Originally, I think it was just part of the plan to get close to her, but as time passed, I believe he grew to care about her. That's why their last scene together was so powerful and emotional.

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That seems to be the way David Hemmings plays the role, not to mention the fact that Samantha Eggar is so attractive, both physically, and in the character she projects, that the audience really wants her to have real love.

However, if you have read the book, you know it is much harsher. David Hemmings character is a real cad, and you have a bad feeling from the moment he is introduced. Also, the book is told in the first person, in Deborah's voice, and there is no doubt that she thinks he never loved her.

I suppose there is room for doubt, since it isn't told from Leigh's POV, but the book is heart-breaking. Any doubt, really, is just wishful thinking.

But you are free to view the movie as a stand-alone piece. I read the book first, so I can't, even if I try. If it works for you to think he really loved her, then think that, and don't ever read the book.

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Well,I've never read the novel, I'll try to find it somehow.


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If it works for you to think he really loved her, then think that, and don't ever read the book.


I don't think the book even matters in this case. It IS a stand-alone movie, and Till, the director, clearly decided to depart from the book in that sense. The ambiguity is not merely in the eyes of the beholder.






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I thought it was played ambiguously from the start and while I understand her actions I thought he might actually care for her. On the other hand, when she tried to leave at the end I found him subtly manipulative and unwilling to see things from her point of view. Instead of demanding to know whether their love was real he should have given her the respect of time and distance to let her think about it.

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