I have never seen a film before that was so familiar to me. I see my Aunts and Uncles and my Bubby and myself as I must have been as a teen. The only difference is location...they went to Lake Geneva, Wisc. from Chicago.
The time in which this film takes place is also familiar. I was living in Wash. D.C. in the 60's and was just a bit too old for the hippy movement, but many of my friends actually went to Woodstock!
The cast is wonderful and the film is made with care and affection for all these people.
The story is one of discovery and growth on the part of all the players. A young wife who had her first child when she was still a teen-ager, now feels trapped by her domestic life. Her daughter is just becoming a woman. Her husband is a workaholic who slaves to provide for his family and has little time for enjoyment himself. The son worships his father. The father's mother, the "Bubby" knows why he did not go to college but keeps that and other things to herself, until the proper time.
Then the wife meets the free-spirited "Blouse Man" and, for a few days she samples what it's like to be free.
The consequences of her action affect the entire community and life lessons are learned.
I highly recommend this film. It is quite erotic in places, but that fits so well with the story line that I do not find it offensive.
The nicest thing about this film is that you like everyone, and at the end, the Bubby, husband, son and daughter all come to understand the attraction of "The Blouse Man".
The time in which this film takes place is also familiar. I was living in Wash. D.C. in the 60's and was just a bit too old for the hippy movement, but many of my friends actually went to Woodstock!
The cast is wonderful and the film is made with care and affection for all these people.
The story is one of discovery and growth on the part of all the players. A young wife who had her first child when she was still a teen-ager, now feels trapped by her domestic life. Her daughter is just becoming a woman. Her husband is a workaholic who slaves to provide for his family and has little time for enjoyment himself. The son worships his father. The father's mother, the "Bubby" knows why he did not go to college but keeps that and other things to herself, until the proper time.
Then the wife meets the free-spirited "Blouse Man" and, for a few days she samples what it's like to be free.
The consequences of her action affect the entire community and life lessons are learned.
I highly recommend this film. It is quite erotic in places, but that fits so well with the story line that I do not find it offensive.
The nicest thing about this film is that you like everyone, and at the end, the Bubby, husband, son and daughter all come to understand the attraction of "The Blouse Man".