What stroke me the most in tis film - one of my personal favorites - is the gentleness with which director David Lean handles the subjects of the play he adapts. He doesn't use any melodramatic convention except the music and tries to make the audience - which was less receptive of adultery the time the film was made - the psychological ramifications of a woman who finds that her marriage to a conventional man has become stiffling. For that she seeks solace in the company of a doctor she met on a train station. Even then, she finds it very hard to communicate her feelings. The only time this gentle directorial touch is broken is when the woman is led into desperation, when the doctor moves out of the country.
Overall the direction and the acting are suberb, making this film a true classic.
Overall the direction and the acting are suberb, making this film a true classic.
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