QUARTET ends on this chilling note:
“Nowadays people live in a dirty way. There is no tradition. There is nothing beautiful.”
Despite the star power of Adjani and Smith, the film fails to dig deeper into the mores of a woman in this era, or even circumstance. Are the means to a woman’s survival (irregardless of privilige) tied to the whims of your husband? Was Smith’s Lois an unwilling cuck in her in own marriage? Why weren’t the complexities of Adjani’s Mado to fall in love with a married man (considering the circumstance) more tumultuous? The final scene in which Adjani is momentarily destitute before being taken in by another strange man is ultimately devastating and perhaps the antithesis of the film.
A good review here
QUARTET ends on this chilling note:
“Nowadays people live in a dirty way. There is no tradition. There is nothing beautiful.”
Despite the star power of Adjani and Smith, the film fails to dig deeper into the mores of a woman in this era, or even circumstance. Are the means to a woman’s survival (irregardless of privilige) tied to the whims of your husband? Was Smith’s Lois an unwilling cuck in her in own marriage? Why weren’t the complexities of Adjani’s Mado to fall in love with a married man (considering the circumstance) more tumultuous? The final scene in which Adjani is momentarily destitute before being taken in by another strange man is ultimately devastating and perhaps the antithesis of the film.
A good review here
