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Screen Two: The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1993)
A subtle and beautiful film
This movie captures the comfortless and trivial lives of Middle class English people after the war. The scenes of Egypt capture a little of an Egypt unknown now.
It is beautifully filmed and the threatening drumbeat of the ghastly sacrificial wedding, complete with her mother's wedding dress constantly being fitted is horrifying.
In a day when there were significant punishments for Breach of Promise, there was no way out of a commitment to marry.
The last scene is the key when the girl says (I can't remember the actual words ,unfortunately) that to play the fool to rescue a friend is the highest form of sacrifice. The philosophical truths behind that are reflected by the backgrounds throughout the movie.
I would love to see this movie again (with better sound) and really understand the back story which is hinted at throughout the movie, but only revealed plainly at the end. Of course with this cast of very serious actors the acting is superb.