Why did that rich man allowed Pattison to marry his daughter if he knew Pattison was shagging his wife??
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He did not know that George was "shagging his wife". He knew his wife and all of her friends were infatuated with George, but he did not realize to what extent.
shareAnd, his daughter's reputation had been compromised at that point. If he didn't let her marry Georges, no one else would have wanted her, and his (the dad) reputation would have also suffered in the social circles they ran in.
Plus, his daughter was very stubborn and determined to marry Georges. This is all told in much more detail in the book, I think they really rushed the ending in the film. Still enjoyable, but not as complete.
Holly was gorgeous as Suzanne, I wish her part had been bigger. Kristin Scott Thomas was the best, wearing black to the wedding like it was a funeral, and looking stricken. So many good performances.
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Holly was gorgeous as Suzanne, I wish her part had been bigger. Kristin Scott Thomas was the best, wearing black to the wedding like it was a funeral, and looking stricken. So many good performances.
I agree I liked Holly since the Borgias, she has being doing a great job as Lucretzia, I also agree about Kristin Scott Thomas she is a great actress.
Yes there many good performances, too bad I can't include Robert Patinson in them.
He was horribly miscast.
It was to Georges' and Virginie's benefit that the husband NEVER knew or admitted to knowing. Georges would become very rich by keeping the secret, while Virginie would avoid being sent away in public shame to become nearly destitute. And the father, Monsieur Rousset, benefited from keeping things under wraps and marrying his Suzanne off to avoid scandal and impropriety of that time: "purity" of the daughter (and fidelity of the wife) was practically a valued commodity; a tarnishing of his only daughter's reputation would have made her unmarriable in their social class, consequently hurting his reputation, and thus his family's entire fortune.
THAT is why Suzanne's father supported the marriage at that point. Georges had played it so wickedly well, that Rousset was now powerless to stop it. If he had any inkling as to Georges' cruel plan, Suzanne would have been guarded 24/7 until married to an appropriate boy. If you recall, the mother, Virginie, was said to be screaming and throwing a fit when Suzanne left the house. She must have known that Georges was likely taking advantage of the daughter. While he didn't take her virginity that night (not attracted to her), he made the public impression that he had done so. And that sealed her fate to marry Georges and make him uber wealthy - off of her father's hard work and her mother's loneliness - while that sociopathic scoundrel who would go on to have lovers like Clotilde.
"Don't get chumpatized!" - The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)