... but not happy with the personal guilt trip!!! (most probably intended)
This is a personal reflection on how what we do every day, what we buy, what we wear can affect someone somewhere in the world. As a upper middle class living in a city Europe 'the woman' (Vanessa Redgrave) lives a happy life until starts hearing strangers and friends talk about injustice and inequalities in the world.
At some point she's prompted to travel (it seems that she's never been out there in the WORLD!?) to a small X country where a revolutionary government is running the show and then to a neighboring country where a dictator is in power to see the difference and compare them. All goes well until she's back home and she can't get out of her head those poor oppressed people. In other words she got: THE FEVER.
Unfortunately there's a big-long-guilt ridden monologue that blames all in the self. Yes its true that we as individuals contribute in one way or other to others suffering but IMO it's necessary to put it in context and compare it to the impact of a big business or government have on it, and ultimately the responsibility lies in society as a whole.
The cast couldn't be better and the acting is great, from the Human right activist to the fiery rebel to the foreign correspondent and the every day people that are part of the woman's life. The settings also make you feel somewhere out in the world from cosmopolitan cities to places where the streets are not paved, houses are falling apart and people are v. poor. The film also includes animated sequences sprinkled along the plot to illustrate the past of this woman, that gives work very well giving a sense of childhood memories.
Highly recommended movie (see it before the holiday shopping season begins :)
This is a personal reflection on how what we do every day, what we buy, what we wear can affect someone somewhere in the world. As a upper middle class living in a city Europe 'the woman' (Vanessa Redgrave) lives a happy life until starts hearing strangers and friends talk about injustice and inequalities in the world.
At some point she's prompted to travel (it seems that she's never been out there in the WORLD!?) to a small X country where a revolutionary government is running the show and then to a neighboring country where a dictator is in power to see the difference and compare them. All goes well until she's back home and she can't get out of her head those poor oppressed people. In other words she got: THE FEVER.
Unfortunately there's a big-long-guilt ridden monologue that blames all in the self. Yes its true that we as individuals contribute in one way or other to others suffering but IMO it's necessary to put it in context and compare it to the impact of a big business or government have on it, and ultimately the responsibility lies in society as a whole.
The cast couldn't be better and the acting is great, from the Human right activist to the fiery rebel to the foreign correspondent and the every day people that are part of the woman's life. The settings also make you feel somewhere out in the world from cosmopolitan cities to places where the streets are not paved, houses are falling apart and people are v. poor. The film also includes animated sequences sprinkled along the plot to illustrate the past of this woman, that gives work very well giving a sense of childhood memories.
Highly recommended movie (see it before the holiday shopping season begins :)