This hit me surprisingly square.
This, however, truly is the film’s strength. It was refreshingly absorbing and affecting to laser in on a question as personal as one’s faithfulness to marriage, without the operatic sensationalism, or me-first narrative, that seems to have overtaken the way media cover extramarital affairs in the years since. Laura’s dilemma isn’t built around the rules of society or how she will look as a person, or even sexist ideas around female pleasure; it’s a true grappling with how this unexpected chain of events is making her feel about herself as a person, and the outcomes of that guilt and confusion.
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