Although I'd never seen this film before yesterday, I had always assumed that it was based on a true event and only recently found that it was just based on a novel.
I like slow films where nothing happens but this is just strangely empty.
Boring, self-indulgent, Emperor's New Clothes.
The first thing I hated was that the girls/actresses are all wearing make-up, caked-up in make-up to try to make them look bright, shiny and flawless. Unnatural in its endeavour to make them look innocent and natural.
The pretentious speeches they are given in an attempt to seem deep and philosophical are just laughable. And spoken in such a stilted way. (I read that voiceover actors were used because the girls were chosen for their looks and not their acting ability - but clearly the voiceover actors were rubbish too). Some of the dialogue is drowned out by the volume of the pan-pipes too. I don't know if that is a mercy.
Rachel Roberts is wonderful, though, and the little side story about Sara is moving, and more so when we discover who her long-lost brother is.
I like slow films where nothing happens but this is just strangely empty.
Boring, self-indulgent, Emperor's New Clothes.
The first thing I hated was that the girls/actresses are all wearing make-up, caked-up in make-up to try to make them look bright, shiny and flawless. Unnatural in its endeavour to make them look innocent and natural.
The pretentious speeches they are given in an attempt to seem deep and philosophical are just laughable. And spoken in such a stilted way. (I read that voiceover actors were used because the girls were chosen for their looks and not their acting ability - but clearly the voiceover actors were rubbish too). Some of the dialogue is drowned out by the volume of the pan-pipes too. I don't know if that is a mercy.
Rachel Roberts is wonderful, though, and the little side story about Sara is moving, and more so when we discover who her long-lost brother is.