Monday, May 08, 2006

Sea Wife (1957)

Synopsis: A nun and three men (two of whom do not know she is a nun) end up in a lifeboat after a shipwreck. 
Appraisal: This film is no classic. It is badly staged and the script is actually not very good either. But it is not as bad as one might suppose either. The main interest of the film is to see one of the sexiest women on the planet as a nun. I have heard some negative comments on precisely this aspect of the film, but for me it worked well. One must remember that realism is not the only paradigm for filmmaking, and that defying common sense sometimes produces aesthetically interesting effects. Take surrealism for example. But let's not get too carried away. 
Rating: 41

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