This is not a good movie. In fact it's so bad, one wonders why it was made. James Mason is a bored painter... who gives an appropriately boring performance. Helen Mirren is supposed to be a naive young girl, but she's too old for the part and comes across as mildly retarded.
The rest of the cast consists of character actors who were apparently directed to overact as much as possible.
There's also a repetitive music score which does nothing to help.
The scenery is beautiful, but that's not enough. Perhaps the nudity was considered ground-breaking back then, but the movie is just indecipherable today.
The rest of the cast consists of character actors who were apparently directed to overact as much as possible.
There's also a repetitive music score which does nothing to help.
The scenery is beautiful, but that's not enough. Perhaps the nudity was considered ground-breaking back then, but the movie is just indecipherable today.