Yet another movie about a young girl sleeping with an older man and "learning" something.
shareNo complaints here! I'd like to be Sebastian Koch's "young girl", the man is gorgeous. Total hunk!
*swoon*
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"If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust." - Alan Rickman
and long may similar material continue, like beau pere, lolita, albatross, venus
even saw a role reversal the other week: older woman, younger man - clone with dr who in
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H is pronounced Aitch NOT Haitch !
The movie is much more complex than that. The affair is only a backdrop to a series of events that leads to her realizing her goal of writing a novel.
Besides, it's a coming-of-age drama, she's supposed to learn something.
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Trust me, I'm a doctor.
what she learned in this movie is that there are no consequences to bad behavior.
or maybe there's no such thing as bad behavior.
it's an ode to amorality.
just another old married guy sleeping with a 17 year old.
and he's a charming hero whose wife, you can tell, still loves him.
and we continue our downward spiral.
It happens just as often with the roles reversed...
The Graduate
The Reader
Hallam Foe
Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived. -Isaac Asimov