Synopsis: It's the 1930's. A man is washed ashore on a small fishing village in England. Two old sisters, a widower and a spinster, rescue and shelter him.
Appraisal: This is an example of uninspired filmmaking lifted from complete dullness only by some of its performances -- in this case, all the female ones. The pace is very slow, but this does not translate into increased density or depth. There are two instances of very bad writing in this film: (1) the sequence at the beach, when he goes swimming and they watch, displays some preposterous, unbelievable behavior (I am not giving it away, although God knows what I would be spoiling here); (2) at the painter's cottage, her reaction to a certain behavior by Andrea is unexplained and inconsistent with her previous and subsequent behavior. Another point that reveals bad writing: not only we never get to know what accident happened to Andrea that caused him to be washed ashore, but nobody in the film seems very interested in finding that out. Also, shouldn't his name be Andrzej instead of Andrea, since he is Polish? A strange coincidence for me is that this is the second film -- the first one being 'Les félins' -- that I have seen within the past few days that bears a strong plot resemblance with 'The Beguiled'.
Rating: 33
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