What it seems has been missed by so many who reviewed this movie as; slow, dull, 'a snooze-fest', etc, is the slow, dull pace of the film portrays exactly what life was like for this young woman.
The one scene in which her husband actually asked what she was thinking, she replied, '. . . A great many things' turns out to be the key to her liberation in the end.
The vast majority of individuals on the planet cannot imagine abiding Effie's circumstances with any level of resignation, acceptance, dignity, depression, scant verbal responses - and those in low key tones barely above a whisper.
The acting & overcast days effectively put you in her position, and regardless of whether you can identify with her actions & reactions, you remain entranced by sheer curiosity of what must possible be going thru her mind - until we see by the end, she still has retained hope in the possibility of change, and taken Herculean steps to accomplish her freedom.
A beautiful movie. Well done.
The one scene in which her husband actually asked what she was thinking, she replied, '. . . A great many things' turns out to be the key to her liberation in the end.
The vast majority of individuals on the planet cannot imagine abiding Effie's circumstances with any level of resignation, acceptance, dignity, depression, scant verbal responses - and those in low key tones barely above a whisper.
The acting & overcast days effectively put you in her position, and regardless of whether you can identify with her actions & reactions, you remain entranced by sheer curiosity of what must possible be going thru her mind - until we see by the end, she still has retained hope in the possibility of change, and taken Herculean steps to accomplish her freedom.
A beautiful movie. Well done.