I found this movie a very difficult and unpleasant one to watch. It has a good 'period' look to it, and the acting is - well, professionally acceptable; but the attitudes and behaviours of the characters are disturbing. I found the rape of Agnes, and her later falling in love with Martin, so uncomfortable that I was going to ask to have it turned off (I was watching it in the company with others on a bus). I discussed the movie with several of the other women on the trip, and they agreed that the violence and sheer nastiness made it a movie they would not want to see again. I rather regret having watched any of it.
Review of Flesh+Blood
