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Scenes from a Marriage review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 05/21/13
Definitely one of the most realistic and authentic pictures about married life. "But its lonelier living in a loveless marriage." - old woman. Marianne, a lawyer, and Johan, a professor, were interviewed by a reporter. Peter and Katarina have dinner with the couple. Johan falls for another girl and leaves Marianne. They both get a divorce over a violent discussion before signing. Johan and Marianne reconvene hile there spouses were away and talk about the past and their current marriage. Loneliness, tribulations of relationships and divorce were explored.
The performances of the leads were exceptional, which makes you follow the story despite its lentgh, which goes unnoticed with the knowledge of the subjects tackled. So many provocative lines like: "It's a good life. If you know what I mean." "Happiness is contentment." "Either your faithful or not.""It's not good to bottle things up." "It's hard getting a divorce." - Marianne. "Frankly things are hell." - Peter "Our life is full of little evasions and restrictions." "But married couples aren't as hot for each other after awhile." "The problem is, we don't communicate." "Women don't understand these things." - Johan. A film about family expectations, abortion, marital discord, facing fears, infidelity, affairs, lies, remiscing, marriage, life, self awareness, dreams that were never realized, love and maturation. Scenes from a Marriage is one of the smartly written dramas, wonderfully shot and sincerely acted.
