The performances of the heroes and heroines are impeccable, and the convincing even makes me think they should perform so well. If I hadn’t watched the interview with them in Special Features, I would have felt that the middle-aged man with shaved beard and plainly dressed eyes had sharp eyes. The middle-aged woman in the movie is the husband and wife in the film, so she should seduce female students and instigate her son; she should cheat, she should be in his arrogance and ignoring her husband’s efforts.
So I should like the younger son's actors more, because of his age and the maturity and symbolism that are incompatible with him, I also should like the elder son's girlfriend, so fragile and sympathetic. The heart thus captured me easily.
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