The golden age of BBC productions, gone now, it appears, for good - fine actors and actresses, beautiful costumes and settings, what more could anyone want from a gripping drama!
@susanfriend-k5m
Ай бұрын
Brilliant Ruth Rendell who I have indulged in by reading her books over and over and watching these dramatizations over. Great acting to bring it alive.
@jabe3784
5 жыл бұрын
Gosh. What a superb production. . . . . . the acting was magnificent. Enthralling. What a pity we don't get this standard of drama now. I so enjoyed it.
@ritahinder2535
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely, it moved me deeply
@adambohlin5112
10 ай бұрын
OMG this cast of actresses and actors is out of this world Helena B Carter and Celia Imrie are always Queens of the screen and the rest is superb too.
@racheal8871
6 жыл бұрын
This movie was so good that I watched it until 6am, have to be at work by 8am. Nothing has never been good enough to make me do that. Nice acting once again Helen bonham Carter. 👏😀
@thornyrose4709
3 жыл бұрын
I like Helena myself. I am surching for a movie with her . The story was she was the daughter of a coleminer her brother aswell. They unfortunately died in a mining exedent. She opened a very unusual museum dedicated to her family. Do you happen to know the title of the movie?
@thornyrose4709
3 жыл бұрын
I found it it's called Margrets museum.and it's available on you tube.
@lowkeyhobbiesandinterests9336
8 ай бұрын
Wow. Love all the twists and how this show makes you come up with your own theories. I did not expected to be this shook before I clicked on it.
@SY-ok2dq
2 жыл бұрын
This was a top-notch adaptation. Excellent production values, from the sets and use of locations, to the period costumes and the music. Excellent cast, performances are all very good with several marvelous performances, especially Celia Imrie (Vera). Watching this again, I notice now all the subtle clues in the shots about some of the relationships which are later revealed, such as Chad's infatuation with Francis. An example is when we see Chad awkwardly handle Jamie after he is handed over to him (Jamie is not his son, hence he is not confident in handling the child of people he often sees), and then in the shot after that, the camera moves from Chad over to rest on Francis' face (Francis most definitely knows that Chad is not Jamie's father, or that Vera is having an affair with Chad). Then later, when Francis catches the flower bouquet thrown by Eden (after we see an odd scene between Francis and Eden, and Francis being the person to give Eden away rather than Eden's older brother/Faith's father) we see that Francis immediately tosses the bouquet to Chad. Chad looks uncomfortable, probably because of the fact that the bouquet was thrown by Francis - teasing him - and also perhaps because in those days, being gay was a dark secret. In one scene we see Francis make a comment about Eden and the men of the navy, so clearly Francis knows all about what Eden gets up to, and perhaps guessed about Jamie. It is suggested that Eden has confided in Francis about things, in the scene where they are alone together and for a second, it almost looks like Francis is going to kiss Eden, but he doesn't and they just hug. In the end, I decided that they hadn't had an affair, but that's just Francis' way. We also see Francis kiss Helen, the half-sister of his mother Vera, at the wedding. And then we see Francis dancing enthusiastically with a maid/servant at the wedding - something that wasn't approved of in those times, as Francis is of a higher class than the servant (they didn't socialize with the servant class/working class back then). He just likes to stir things and push the envelope as far as he can.
@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws
5 жыл бұрын
I can watch this kind of stuff non stop too!
@skygazer6898
5 жыл бұрын
An excellent drama and the acting by all the cast was superb but Celia Imrie really excelled in the role of Vera. I am unsure if this drama won any awards as it really should have swept the boards. I actually cried for Vera's anguish.. Thank u so much up uploading the best drama i have seen in a long time.
@dahlrussell
4 жыл бұрын
She works all the time, that is hardly underrated. She has a great career.
@dilly1863
3 жыл бұрын
Watched this for the second time in several years. As gripping and engrossing as the first viewing. Actors, script, production all excellent making this a masterpiece to endure for many years..
@SY-ok2dq
2 жыл бұрын
Perhaps the best TV adaptation of a Barbara Vine novel. There's also the superb French film, "La Ceremonie" but it's based on a Ruth Rendell novel, "A Judgment in Stone" and was made for cinema release, not TV. It was directed by Claude Chabrol, I think. Riveting performances by the lead actresses Sandrine Bonnaire and Isabelle Huppert. Very dark, slow burning, atmospheric and gripping. The other two TV series directed by Tim Fywell, who directed "A Dark Adapted Eye", are also excellent: "Gallowglass" and "A Fatal Inversion." And there's another great TV adaptation of "No Night is Too Long."
@olasmith8132
23 күн бұрын
So grateful I found this story before I die, just brilliant, amazing and wonderful, and so very relatable to so many of us in our own tangled and difficult family relations. Absolutely amazing, talented, superb actors....going to buy the book too.)
@jimscott7136
7 ай бұрын
I saw this when it was first broadcast and loved it then, and was thrilled to find it available on KZitem. Superbly acted, and a fine adaptation of Ruth Rendell's superb novel.
@isabelgaynor2589
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ibne. Such a complex story yet seamless in it's presentation. They intertwine the flack backs perfectly, As many as there were this was genius. All great actors too.
@jamieoliver3587
2 жыл бұрын
I love the subtle underlining of Faith breaking the family's intergenerational patterns, by showing her drinking AND eating with her right hand when she visits Jamie. And of course not wiping the sauce from her mouth, which would have given Vera fits.
@JoFunnyOnion
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. First time I have seen this. Very good acting and intriguing storyline. Sophie Ward is one of the most beautiful women and can act. I don’t know why she never became more famous.
@juded2997
3 жыл бұрын
I have watched this a few times, and it gets better each time. A very sad tale indeed 🦋
@maxinejacobson4006
6 жыл бұрын
I think Celia Imrie is excellent in every part that she plays. The rest of the cast was none too shabby either!
@Kimdino1
6 жыл бұрын
+Maxine Jacobson Can't add to that except to say it is an understatement. I.m.o. Celia Imrie is a very underrated absolutely brilliant actress who rarely gets parts that allow us to see how good she really is. However, this is one. Great story, great script & great cast alongside her.
@alicehudson8079
6 жыл бұрын
I've liked Celia Imrie in everything I've seen her in; I've always said she never gets enough credit.
@Neldidellavittoria
6 жыл бұрын
How come she hasn't been knighted. She's one of the best actresses goday.
@alicehudson8079
6 жыл бұрын
Good question. However, when you look at some who have, it could be she's not interested.
@skygazer6898
5 жыл бұрын
Maxine Jacobson Celia Imrie is up there with the very best of actresses, she really is.
@tek5692
4 жыл бұрын
It's a shame this was never that well known--I remember then it came out and it still is one of the best pieces of cinema I've ever seen.
@denisemccormick9386
6 жыл бұрын
BBC does it again. The only problem I had was figuring out that Weeks and Bonham-Carter both played Faith! Imre's performance was riveting. Thanks for the quality upload!
@dr.elizabethmartin7118
6 жыл бұрын
Honeysuckle Weeks was too young to"age" enough in real life- nut I found that jarring, too - the look NOTHING alike, though both are wonderful actors. cheers
@dahlrussell
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, they're nothing alike and Bonham-Carter looked too young for the end.... She looked about 16 at the end! LOL
@Amanjot
Жыл бұрын
@@dahlrussell Also bizarre that Francis hasn't aged at all in the photos Jamie shows Faith of them together in that scene in Italy. How on earth can Francis have never aged from the time Jamie was in that crib and he splattered him with pen ink... 😂
@irenegronewald7745
6 жыл бұрын
best movie i have seen in a while..just out of hospital...laid up in st.louis,mo. thanks ever so
@Kathleen-t8y
9 ай бұрын
Brilliant drama excellent acting kept you guessing until the end though sad 😢👏👏🌟🌟🌟😍🥰
@denisehall4818
Жыл бұрын
This was a compelling story.
@g.mmcloughlin4964
4 жыл бұрын
Really good movie. Thoroughly enjoyed and knew someone so like Eden.
@normabyde4766
20 күн бұрын
Best film I’ve seen on here.
@LadyVader33
5 жыл бұрын
Vera and Eden were both narcissists whose lifelong cycle of victim, oppressor, and rescuer culminated in self-destruction for both. Love the ending. Jamie has found a fruitful career far from the obsessive confines in which he was initially raised. Francis has become the loving parent he needed as a boy to his own children. Faith has finally found peace and has opened herself to being loved by someone else. Namely by an individual who recognizes she need not be confined to the mistakes of her family. The kitchen is so unlike Vera's! There's loud chatter, laughter, and creative chaos and there's Faith peacefully in the corner with her baby.
@sapphire7424
5 жыл бұрын
Celia Imrie in her finest role.
@lindajones7219
3 жыл бұрын
Celia .Yes indeed one of UK s finest actresses .play any role . She reminds me of the actors actresses long gone from the 1930s onwards . An absolute Classic as of course is H,B,C. as well as the rest of the cast . All played their part in utter perfection
@jasanders5877
6 ай бұрын
@@lindajones7219Sarah Lancashire number one for SURE 😮 That woman is not much of an actress 😢😮😅
@nikkiregan4593
Жыл бұрын
Superb. Briilliant casting. Thank you . Loved it.
@reinadegrillos
6 жыл бұрын
Very interesting play. Thank you very much.
@rosalindlane8536
6 жыл бұрын
always looking for BBC films, thanks for this one
@eveharmon5514
Жыл бұрын
Fabulous acting all around, and wonderful score and orchestral conducting
@mariawilson2595
6 жыл бұрын
Thoroughly enjoyed that play thank you very much Ibne !
@craffte
2 жыл бұрын
Oh my God, you can't have Honeysuckle Weeks and Helena Bonham Carter play the same character ARGHHHH!!!! This was so great. I remember seeing this on Mystery! when I was in school and I was engrossed. Such great performances. Superb.
@ileanamuntean7338
5 ай бұрын
Especially since HW is actually a good actress and HBC is hamming it up as usual.
@angliase
6 жыл бұрын
The tragedy of a family who won't tell each other the truth. All in denial except Faith..Nice twist at the end..
@AuntieMHere
5 жыл бұрын
angliase: I think her mother's Italian heritage saved her, and she settled down with her Italian husband. Saved my mom too! :)
@ileanamuntean7338
5 ай бұрын
@@AuntieMHere I think her mother was supposed to be Danish (at least in the book).
@AuntieMHere
5 ай бұрын
@@ileanamuntean7338 Or maybe Swiss?
@jillolearyhepburn5202
2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful actors!!! Absolutely amazing. Thanks
@alicekane3913
4 жыл бұрын
Such an excellent film adaptation from the book by Ruth Rendell (writing under the name of Barbara Vine). If you haven't read her other novels, you're in for a great treat! (She wrote under both names, but her "Barbara Vine" books tended to be quite deep, psychologically. Her "Ruth Rendell" novels were wonderful mysteries, but her fans could detect "which of her personas" came thru -- Vine or Rendell. SO worth reading ALL of them!
@jonwiley5549
4 жыл бұрын
Alice Kane So true. For me the Vine novels were depictions of the long shadows past events cast over the future. Nothing is forgotten, nobody escapes, everybody suffers.
@SY-ok2dq
2 жыл бұрын
You can see the same plot points and themes pop up in several Barbara Vine novels. For example, babies that disappeared, babies that were adopted under shady circumstances, unfortunate coincidences such as there being two killers or crimes happening involving one person (Vera was the babysitter of the March baby who was actually kidnapped and killed by the father, and as an adult, Vera commits murder too), the mysterious background and paternity of a child, unwed mothers etc. These all appear in novels such as Asta's Book, A Fatal Inversion, and A Child's Child. And themes of obsession and homosexuality (in this case the writer who is obsessed with Francis) also run through numerous Vine novels such as A Child's Child, No Night is Too Long, and Gallowglass.
@eveapple4928
11 ай бұрын
One of my favourites is the Crocodile Bird, I’d love to see that made into a film or series. Rendell always tells the stories of women in an extraordinarily skilled way, I love her work
@DeepScreenAnalysis
7 жыл бұрын
Celia Imrie regards Vera as her best role. And Sophie ward is just perfection as Eden.
@carolinebarnes6832
6 жыл бұрын
Celia Imrie, one of my favourite actresses!
@Neldidellavittoria
6 жыл бұрын
Celia Imrie is one of the best actresses of her generation.
@lindajones7219
3 жыл бұрын
@@Neldidellavittoria Yes indeed but not forgetting the truly amazing JULIE WALTERS .
@gerryhouska2859
24 күн бұрын
She's never had a bad role.
@lechat8736
6 жыл бұрын
Gosh, this movie made me boil quite a lot of times. Very well made. TFS
@deegeraghty9426
2 жыл бұрын
Ciaran Hinds is so handsome ! Beautifully acted by a stellar cast.
@AuntieMHere
Жыл бұрын
I would have loved to see two actors switch their "husband" roles, with Ciaran Hinds playing Andrew and William Gaminara playing Paolo.
@carolking6355
Жыл бұрын
A really brilliant film. Such excellent actors. I enjoyed it very much. Thank you. ❤
@didarden
6 жыл бұрын
thanks so much. A lesson for living in the plot.
@davidjordan9759
5 жыл бұрын
They obviously picked Honeysuckle and Helena because they were the best two actresses that the ages of Faith demanded rather than any physical resemblance.
@almamedrano5107
3 жыл бұрын
You picked a great movie. Thank you.
@tinapeters5725
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this, Excellent production, Outstanding acting, Every actor perfectly cast, No actor outplayed the other. I felt their pain, anguish . I can add nothing to previous comments, but that I concur,, once again Thank you💐💐💐
@cheri177
29 күн бұрын
What a heartbreaking story. So we'll done. 😢
@trixiepettman-south8500
6 жыл бұрын
WONDERFUL HEARTFELT MOVIE. SO MUCH EMOTION.
@alicehudson8079
6 жыл бұрын
And bloody good acting all through by everyone.
@Neldidellavittoria
6 жыл бұрын
Such a wonderful film. So glad I found it. Thank you very much for uploading it.
@pattiwilling6504
6 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Thank you!
@smaaj0007
6 жыл бұрын
A wonderful adaptation & moving story of sibling rivalry.
@dr.elizabethmartin7118
6 жыл бұрын
SMZZ - That was NOT sibling rivalry - that was sibling psychosis - I endured it in my family, though without murder. (I was the target of of a 10-year older sister, a five-year older sister, and my little brother, ALTHOUGH I never - NEVER - had any rivalry with any of them.) I'm not even the kind of person who would tease anyone, or gossip about anyone.............cheers
@hectorbrown656
5 жыл бұрын
Quite simply fantastic , great story , fabulous actresses , well worth watching
@michelleduplooymalherbe2837
2 жыл бұрын
Celia Imrie was excellent I agree, but I feel that Helena Bonham Carter does not get the praise she deserves. She was absolutely brilliant
@lianeoneill2880
Жыл бұрын
Loved this ! I saw it so long ago it was like watching for the first time . Thank you !
@drpatrickbarry
8 ай бұрын
That was excellent.
@jeremylewis5004
3 жыл бұрын
This is a hugely entertaining thriller, despite a kind of old-fashioned plot that might have been invented by Agatha Christie, if she'd sat down in her study and done two lines of coke before beginning every chapter. Superlative acting from a wonderful cast, led triumphantly by Celia Imrie - possibly one of the most underrated British actors of the last 50 years. Gorgeous period settings, only marred by Ciaran Hinds' bonkers haircut (even for a Sicilian of the 1960s) and a jacket and shirt from TK Maxx. Delicious. Utterly, utterly delicious.
@user-zx5kq6hs9d
27 күн бұрын
Thank you so much, for this superb gem. New subscriber from Australia.
@redroselace9545
Жыл бұрын
1:58 the world should never have had broken the traditions!! Look at everything now!! 😢 if only they knew world we in today they stay same so sad
@NoeletteMason-rn3wy
7 ай бұрын
Like marriage to your first cousin?😂
@HD-ol1mc
3 ай бұрын
The whole point is that under the "traditional" surface, sordid secrets were kept that made families miserable and in some cases murderous.
@bronwynbrown2693
28 күн бұрын
Great story , she loves her baby boy , her older son she wasn't so nice to. That why he was hoble to her ,but didn't have take out of the baby his half brother , o do agree on what she send about ,your children can be hoble to you , when thay little , thay your give love and huddle, it is fighting and hard bring children uo ecspeshly if you and there father are no longer to gather it lonly hard and very scearing , it all right if you work and have the home thay were born on ,, loving this program so far
@patriciallamas2050
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, Ibne!!! 🤗
@emilinebelle7811
3 жыл бұрын
My heart shattered and my eyes melts. I feel so much.
@jdr1747
Ай бұрын
brilliant 2 part series
@deeneil1150
6 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!!
@kerstin.jitschin5861
2 жыл бұрын
What a great one 👍thanks for sharing ❣️😎❣️
@ixchelsmith3025
4 жыл бұрын
second time around i cried a lot more. pathos baby it's a greek tragedy.
@alinawagner8621
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks again for the upload! Just finished the book yesterday. Love from Germany :)
@eveapple4928
11 ай бұрын
Ruth Rendell is a master storyteller of women and the chains they find imposed on them by a rigid set of societal expectations, ruthlessly enforced. These sisters were ultimately destroyed by their drive to satisfy the needs of men.
@ileanamuntean7338
5 ай бұрын
Indeed, it is her plot and characters that carry the whole thing. I don't think HBC is a great actress. I think there are lots of good actors that never get a chance (except in Poirot, lots of lesser known actors who were all stunning). BBC liked to promote nepo babies.
@justmeandmyiking
6 жыл бұрын
Very well enjoyed - thank you!
@adelaidedupont9017
6 жыл бұрын
Loving this #countrylife #spread of the house where Faith and her paramour are.
@crsstr8254
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Ibne! Good mini!
@GoreTashaMoribund
3 жыл бұрын
This was such a great movie thank you for sharing 💞
@wendischofield352
2 жыл бұрын
i am a great admirer of Ruth Rendall- especially when she writes as Barbara Vine, giving rein to a darker side.
@jonwiley5549
4 жыл бұрын
A rare example of the movie being better than the novel it’s based on. I read the novel years later and it wasn’t as effective as the movie, to me, in conveying the claustrophobic frustrated lives the two sisters led. A family so obsessed with appearances that reality was the ultimate destruction. But the novel made it clear that Eden was probably rendered sterile due to untreated chronic gonorrhea.
@lindajones7219
3 жыл бұрын
In that part of history during WW 2 Keeping up appearances mattered . and being bought up to have good manners was the norm . In those days even the poor had pride in their family and it was a society where children did as they were told . People showed respect to each other and helped each other ,unlike now . Much was swept under the carpet . family life was sacred and any gossip or mishap would not be spoken of. Different times , Different place .
@irenestrmnss4331
Жыл бұрын
Jamie is Heartbeat " Nick" 😊😊😊the police man in Aidensfield!
@leedawson5615
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent - thank you posting 🙏
@AuntieMHere
2 жыл бұрын
Something else I find confusing in the film. Around 1:20, Eden says that when her time came (to give birth), she went into the nursing home and called herself Mrs. Vera Hillyard. So, I'm not understanding why the birth certificate would say "Mother: Eden Mary Longley" ?
@SY-ok2dq
2 жыл бұрын
Loose end that's puzzling. Maybe once in the hospital, Eden decided not to risk it (the fraud of putting down the name of someone else as the baby's mother, on an official document) and came clean to them. And presumably that is why Eden was so confident that she could just whisk Jamie away. She and Vera knew the truth, and she had the birth certificate to back her up if it came to it.
@AuntieMHere
2 жыл бұрын
@@SY-ok2dq Interesting thoughts! Again, the book was more complex about it. I have the book, if only the print weren't too small for me old eyes to read! :/
@Amanjot
Жыл бұрын
I also noticed the inconsistency of that scene!
@jamieoliver3587
Жыл бұрын
@@Amanjot Yes, if it wasn't a flat-out blooper, it should have been explained! The whole story turns on this point...
@jamieoliver3587
Жыл бұрын
@@SY-ok2dq It's just a big blooper in the film, and really messed up the plot. As an aside, Eden's given name in the book was Edith - never mentioned in the film.
@AuntieMHere
Жыл бұрын
1:15:00 How can anyone justify kidnapping a child shouting "Mommy! Mommy!" as the mother he is crying for (bio or otherwise) runs after him, crying "Jamie! Jamie!" ? Eden was pure evil. When she reversed the car so Vera would fall, she didn't even care if Vera died - the tears were only for herself. Poor Jamie.
@felicitybraxx9394
4 жыл бұрын
First class.Well worth watching ♥️👌🏼
@june9354
5 жыл бұрын
great movie the British did it again. so many great mini-series and movies .none of that crap
@gummybear-wx1vr
Жыл бұрын
This was soooo good!!!!!!
@dixiecat666
3 жыл бұрын
When British tv was good, no PC, woke rubbish . Having lived abroad for a few years now have not missed the current drivel spewed out by the BBC . I now watch channels such as this . Thank you for sharing with is all .
@teacakelake5098
2 жыл бұрын
There's always that one comment where someone has to ruin the subtlety of a great work with an outpouring of nouveau-political bile. lol.
@9SmartSand6
5 жыл бұрын
I really don't know what the biggest plot twist was - who was Jamie's mother, or that Ciaran Hinds is playing an Italian Lothario.
@AuntieMHere
5 жыл бұрын
:D I agree, Hinds is a great actor but his stab at an Italian accent in this role was incredibly jarring...
@Amanjot
Жыл бұрын
😂 Agreed and I love Ciaran Hinds
@lionessprincessbear2174
2 жыл бұрын
I really wish there was a part 3…..the showing of Jamie’s life/growing up etc……I have been left with many questions.
@SY-ok2dq
2 жыл бұрын
I would have liked to know more about Francis. He was such a strange characterl. The weird gay relationship with that writer came as a big surprise. And when did he and Eden become so close, enough for her to make him the best man at the wedding?
@mapleleaf0
Жыл бұрын
@@SY-ok2dq Based on the way he embraced her on the stairs the day of her wedding and the fact that he stayed in touch with Jamie makes me think he was Jamie's father.
@jamieoliver3587
Жыл бұрын
@@mapleleaf0 Pretty much impossible (barring some major genetic mutation), based on eye color. Eden blue. Francis blue. Vera blue. Every other family member blue. But... Jamie dark brown. See Francis' comments about eye color at Eden's wedding. I do think that Eden and Francis might have been lovers at some point. I think that was even more strongly hinted in the novel, but can't remember for sure.
@franceslynch8815
5 ай бұрын
Loved this.❤
@AuntieMHere
5 жыл бұрын
Interesting contrast between the book and the film. The book never even began to acknowledge who was really Jamie's birth mother (though there were red herrings), while the film pretty much had both Vera and Eden acknowledging that it was Eden.
@SY-ok2dq
2 жыл бұрын
It all really fits together and makes sense on all levels if Eden was the mother. It best explains Vera's hysterical fear of losing Jamie to Eden, her desperation and helplessness in the face of Eden's demands. Also, her devotion to Jamie may stem from his being Eden's son. Vera wasn't devoted to her own son Francis in the way she was to Eden and Jamie. It also explains why Eden acts so entitled and without hesitation when she claims Jamie. He's hers, and she knows Vera knows it. But I don't quite understand why Eden didn't just try to adopt an unrelated baby. That way, she could have avoided the risk of Vera spilling the beans about Eden's many pre-marital affairs - something hardly likely to make Eden's husband happy. And she wouldn't have had to tell her husband about Jamie in the first place. I guess you just have to put it down to a mistake on Eden's part, and her arrogance that Vera would simply give him up to satisfy Eden.
@AuntieMHere
2 жыл бұрын
@@SY-ok2dq I think the book made it clearer and less clear at the same time. The film fits everything you mention, though. And the film tried to wrap it up in a neater package. I do like the film's statement from Faith that "It doesn't matter" who Jamie's "real mother" was... in the end, Jamie said he'd always believe that Vera was his real mother. For my part, I think a "real mother" isn't necessarily the same as a "birth mother."
@SkazkiPeredSnom
Жыл бұрын
Vera was BREASTFEEDING the baby. How could she not have been the real mother?
@jamieoliver3587
Жыл бұрын
@@SkazkiPeredSnomAgain, the book is different from the film. But your question is answered elsewhere on this thread...
@mares3841
10 ай бұрын
@@SkazkiPeredSnom It's called being a "wet nurse."
@bisratezra8247
2 жыл бұрын
Superb!
@craffte
2 жыл бұрын
This one has aged so well.
@johnnyblade4351
3 жыл бұрын
Great Cast Great Story
@amandaboyd4215
4 жыл бұрын
REALLY ENJOYING YOUR CHANNEL, MANY THANKS :-)
@donsarde
6 жыл бұрын
Very nice, a little sad.
@drucillawoods3697
6 жыл бұрын
johan day i8
@estellawobker3568
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you...
@jeanettesdaughter
5 жыл бұрын
Omg. I was wrong about Vera. It had been awhile since I read the novel amd this adaptation was new to me, played beautifully by all. Vera created a monster; she wasn't the monster. BUT like another Frankenstein she had to suffer the fate of those who create monsters. Hmm. I now thoroughly understand WEB Dubois' gallows humor concerning his mixed race ancestry: ' I am about equally African, Indian, French and Dutch but fortunately no damned English.' What a strange people who gave us Christianity as we know it, common law, imperialism, the transatlantic slave trade, the United States of Anerica, the industrial revolution, imperialism, colonialism and the novel - the modern world as it were! Rendell is very tricky. A play on names: Vera ( truth) Faith ( fidelity) and Eden ( paradise lost). Thanks for uploading!
@emilinebelle7811
3 жыл бұрын
Omg. Shut up. 🤦🏼♀️ Jealousy isn’t cute.
@North11thStreet
3 жыл бұрын
@@emilinebelle7811 such a random comment..
@cressidapotter6331
5 ай бұрын
They don’t make them like this any more, alas😢
@Theranchhouse1
5 жыл бұрын
The man from Cicily...in the Library...would have made a great 'Dracula'
@DeepScreenAnalysis
5 жыл бұрын
Ciaran Hinds. In real life, he’s Irish!
@sopheezmum
5 жыл бұрын
Watch him in Persuasion... gorgeous!
@emilinebelle7811
3 жыл бұрын
Fucking gross.
@karenratten8791
6 жыл бұрын
Interesting the shift of Vera from being overbearing, bossy and a terrible mother to her first child to being saint Vera at the end - notwithstanding her terrible treatment of her husband and obvious obsession with small children and distancing as they become people with their own minds
@LostLakeLass
6 жыл бұрын
Give me a break! That bitch was never a saint!!! Vera deserves the death penalty!!!
@sapphire7424
5 жыл бұрын
Vera wasn't a terrible mother to Francis, just strict. He turned into an obnoxious awful boy and was a disappointment to her. Eden was perfect, like her name and Vera's pride & joy.
@LadyVader33
5 жыл бұрын
Vera wasted so much time and energy being perfect and trying to ''save'' Eden in order to compensate for the traumas she witnessed as a teen. And felt guilt for. If she'd extended herself compassion and forgiveness, she would've avoided the vicious cycle
@jamieoliver3587
2 жыл бұрын
We don't see Vera being a mother to Francis when he was "little," so it's hard to say what kind of mother she was to him then. We do see Francis being incredibly mentally abusive to his mother when he was an adolescent. She tried too hard to please him (e.g., meeting his odd, controlling demands for a certain color of food for dinner. "It's a yellow day today"), wanting too hard to be a "good mother." How could Vera understand what was real and what wasn't, having been accused, repeatedly, of murders she hadn't committed? (Mrs. Hislop, the March baby.) In the end, as Faith said, it didn't matter who Jamie's "real" (biological) mother was. Vera loved Jamie. Eden didn't even like children ("Don't let him near me!") ... she just needed a son to keep her rich husband and Goodney Hall... since she wasn't good for anything else.
@SY-ok2dq
2 жыл бұрын
@@sapphire7424 Seems to me that Francis was acting out, being rude and defiant, pushing Vera as much as he could to get a reaction, and to punish her for packing him off to boarding school in favor of looking after Eden. He felt abandoned and a distant second place to Eden. We see him being demanding about the food Vera cooks etc., but remember that he was only home with her for a short time each year, during holiday breaks from boarding school. In the end, Francis seemed to have matured into a good father and a decent person. He was the only one to be on friendly terms with Jamie, and present in his life. It would have pleased Vera to know that.
@jamesmackenzie8271
5 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed the movie. Thanks.
@candiceazzara8877
5 жыл бұрын
Excellent!!!
@lk4429
5 жыл бұрын
Bravo!
@DeirdreMcNamara
Жыл бұрын
Ace performances by all concerned...interesting to see well known actors at the onset of their careers. More holes in the script than the proverbial sieve but the characterisations and direction are excellent. Rendell's work advocates strongly against capital punishment. Could have done without those gruesome hanging scenes though, whatever their message.
@jamieoliver3587
2 жыл бұрын
There are some very quiet whisper voices in the background around 1:27:30, as Faith walks up the stairs to visit Jamie (underneath Faith's squeaky shoes). Close your eyes, and you might hear such things as "Stop it, Eden." "Faith... Faith, dear." "Fetch a doctor," and "We're going to be late... tea..." And louder, around 1:27:32: "What happened to my child?" or maybe "What have you done to my child?" Subliminal or otherwise, it's very interesting.
@mariahmunnis6315
11 ай бұрын
Excellent. I was left with a question of whom I thought to be the nastiest Eden or Vera?
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