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Charles-Henri's cruelty and insensitivity take their toll on Roxy, and she attempts suicide in late pregnancy. She survives and is supported by Isabel and her lawyer Bertram. Roxy and Isabel's family arrive from the United States to support the sisters, and to also discuss the divorce proceedings and the ownership of the La Tour painting.
Betrayal is a play written by Harold Pinter in 1978. Critically regarded as one of the English playwright's major dramatic works, it features his characteristically economical dialogue, characters' hidden emotions and veiled motivations, and their self-absorbed competitive one-upmanship, face-saving, dishonesty, and (self-)deceptions.
The two fall in love. Kathy's front-page story on the case leads to an offer of employment in New York City, but in spite of having declared she has no interest in marriage and homemaking, she abandons her career, marries Bill and moves to Los Angeles. Kathy's new role as a suburban wife and homemaker quickly makes her unhappy.
Marlene Dietrich as Christine Vole/Helm, the accused's wife; Charles Laughton as Sir Wilfrid Robarts Q.C., senior counsel for Vole; Elsa Lanchester as Miss Plimsoll, Sir Wilfrid's private nurse; John Williams as Mr. Brogan-Moore, Sir Wilfrid's junior counsel in the trial; Henry Daniell as Mr. Mayhew, Vole's solicitor who instructs Sir Wilfrid ...
He gave the movie four stars. [ 5 ] Dave Kehr of the Chicago Reader , by contrast, argued that "The reverse-order gimmick of Harold Pinter's screenplay seems meant to revitalize some trite and tedious material—the breakup of a love affair—yet the expected literary games don't materialize: the film plods backward in time with the same dull ...
360 is a 2011 drama thriller film directed by Fernando Meirelles and written by Peter Morgan as a loose adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's 1897 play Reigen.The film stars an ensemble cast of Anthony Hopkins, Ben Foster, Rachel Weisz, Jude Law and other international actors.
Richard decides to make one last attempt to save his marriage. He evicts his mother-in-law from the premises and persuades Jody to go to a weight-loss center. When his wife returns, she is slim and beautiful again and Richard is pleased, until learning that now she wants a divorce.
Big Love is a play by American playwright Charles L. Mee. Based on Aeschylus's The Suppliants , it is about fifty brides who flee to a manor in Italy to avoid marrying their fifty cousins. The play takes the plot of the original Greek play into modern times, including such details as having the grooms ambush the brides by helicopter.