Two well-intentioned adults (three including the priest) are nevertheless lacking any sense or sensibility towards children, building in that way (without being aware) the tragedies incumbing on them. I don't even think this was apparent to the filmmaker.
Good representation of the social ties of the village people, when everybody goes to the rescue of little Arlette lost in the snow. Nowadays it would be unthinkable.
I'm not in the position to challenge the place that the movie has acquired in cinematic history, and I don't want to do it, because it's a very good movie, in my opinion. Yet, I would have liked it to last 30 or 40 minutes less...
Good representation of the social ties of the village people, when everybody goes to the rescue of little Arlette lost in the snow. Nowadays it would be unthinkable.
I'm not in the position to challenge the place that the movie has acquired in cinematic history, and I don't want to do it, because it's a very good movie, in my opinion. Yet, I would have liked it to last 30 or 40 minutes less...