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From Woodruff to Rough Wood 'The French Lieutenants Woman' is a strange film. I came to it without having read the book on which it is based so doubtless there are some elements of the book which are lost in adaptation but sadly that which is lost is precisely that which made I presume prompted some one to make the story seem worthy of a film version. I do not deny that Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep acquit their respective rôles with great skill and passion, and I do not deny that the settings were authentic and well accomplished but for those not conversant with the book I suspect that the auditor/viewer emerges from the experience mystified as to why the film was made at all and what makes for this persistent perplexity is the introduction of modern counterparts in the form of the producer and the principal actress except perhaps that it explains why so many marriages in the film world lack the substance of real people who are in a relationship. The dangers of simulation make the protagonists surrogates of themselves in different contexts. The dual theme detracts from the narrative of either. What does emerge is the invidious position of young women who are rendered notorious by outraging the hypocritical censoriousness of the respectable fortified by a biblical morality but the dual theme subverts this argument by introducing extraneous contemporary parallels that are eventually specious, and so whilst the film was well made ad the Victorian ethos was well done I was too stupid to understand the parallels [which is possible, and even probable'] to recognise the purpose or value from this duality. I enjoyed the film as far as it went but found myself still perplexed by the reason for the film and I would like enlightenment from any who read this reviewRead full review
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I was in Lyme Regis for a holiday recently and the film was a remainder of a great time.
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Compelling, a story within a story: great performances, detail in costume equally pleasing photography I will view again... Curious physiological make up of the ‘French Lieutenants’s Woman’....
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Great romantic film. It was entirely different to what I expected, and much better than expected.It is set in the past, over 100 years ago and focuses on a mysterious woman in a small town. She is a melancholy character who waits for her 'French Lieutenant' who had abandoned her.
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Super film this is
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