The main character Joanna (Urszula Grabowska), waiting in vain for a letter from her husband who is in an Oflag, gives shelter to a little Jewish girl whose mother was caught during a round-up. Thus she becomes burdened with a secret she cannot reveal to anyone, even to her relatives. Joanna knows that she cannot keep Rose with her as she is already under observation, but she fails to find a hiding spot for Rose and is forced to become the lover of a German officer in return ... (Full plot summary below)
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The main character Joanna (Urszula Grabowska), waiting in vain for a letter from her husband who is in an Oflag, gives shelter to a little Jewish girl whose mother was caught during a round-up. Thus she becomes burdened with a secret she cannot reveal to anyone, even to her relatives. Joanna knows that she cannot keep Rose with her as she is already under observation, but she fails to find a hiding spot for Rose and is forced to become the lover of a German officer in return for protection. Forced by necessity, she has to cooperate with her enemies, becoming a traitor in the eyes of "her people". The final, symbolic image is suggestive - in a tearful and religious manner - of the fact that sheltering little Roza was Joanna's personal torture referring to Golgotha. However, the deeper meaning of that story is perverse and bitter: hiding the child was even more dangerous because of Joanna's "own people", mutually controlling the patriotic decency.
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| User ReviewRichard DYoung Joanna moves to London from the country, attends art school, and has all sorts of Swingin' London experiences. You might characterize this film as "episodic", but that really implies that more happens than really does. Donald Sutherland puts in an early screen appearance as a lisping British aristocrat. His accent is terrible, but his performance is eccentric enough to make it work. The last half hour or so of the film is devoted to our heroine's relationship with Calvin Lockhart, which has to mark this as one of the first films to feature an interracial relationship and to devote a lot of screen time to it. I liked this film ... it's colourful, playful style and Geneviève Waïte's quirky performance in the lead ... for about half an hour, and then it's general pointlessness wore me down. |
