I will forgive you if you forgive me.

Delmer 2022-03-27 09:01:14

It clearly describes a very conventional story. The male and female protagonists have families, but they still can't help but fall in love with each other. Perhaps because of the black-and-white film, the whole film has a hazy, sad beauty to it. The voices of the male and female protagonists are also very good. What I love most is the dialogue between the male and female protagonists at the end of the film. "Will you forgive me?" "Forgive you for what?" "Forgive me for loving you." "I will forgive you if you forgive me."

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  • Laura Jesson: [speaking about Dolly to herself] I wish you'd stop talking. I wish you'd stop prying and trying to find things out. I wish you were dead - no I don't mean that. That was silly and unkind. But I wish you'd stop talking.

  • Laura Jesson: [thinking to herself while looking at her husband, Fred] Fred, dear Fred. There's so much that I want to say to you. You're the only one in the world with enough wisdom and gentleness to understand. If only it was somebody else's story and not mine. As it is, you're the only one in the world that I can never tell. Never never. Because even if I waited until we were old, old people and told you then, you'd be bound to look back over the years and be hurt. And my dear, I don't want you to be hurt. You see, we're a happily married couple and let's never forget that. This is my home. You're my husband. And my children are upstairs in bed. I'm a happily married woman - or I was, rather, until a few weeks ago. This is my whole world, and it's enough, or rather, it was until a few weeks ago. But, oh, Fred, I've been so foolish. I've fallen in love. I'm an ordinary woman. I didn't think such violent things could happen to ordinary people.