| | I did enjoy this movie, although I did have plenty of problems with it as well. I really liked the setting, directing, music, colors/lights as they mention in the review. (On a side note, I also enjoyed the Virgin Suicides also directed by Sofia, but I haven't seen that in years.)
As for this movie's SOL, I just didn't really feel for the characters. I was rather annoyed that Charlotte would graduate from college (if I remember correctly), get married young and follow her husband to a country where she didn't speak the language, couldn't look for a job of her own, knew her husband would be working all the time, etc. Then she started to feel lonely, imagine that! They didn't even imply her husband treated her badly, just that he was away working a good amount and didn't do anything about how bored and alone she felt.
Similar thoughts on Bob Harris. Although he's really even less excusable. He's 50, has a family at home waiting for him, and seems to have enough money that he doesn't need to be there. So he goes somewhere he doesn't want to be, to earn what I think is money he doesn't need, and isn't happy. I guess because they put themselves in these situations, I didn't really feel for them at all. I liked the acting & directing, I just think it could have been a better story.
-Elizabeth
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