Emile Zola's dark novel of adultery murder and guilt was shocking for it's time 1860s. So it's good to keep that in mind when watching this. Nowadays we are used to this kind of lot in many a film noir.
I watched it for the good actors and actresses in it. Oscar Isaac is really quite different here as the lover/murderer. He can really act and race / time period. So versatile. Elizabeth Olsen looks quite beautiful much more so than in her other movies. Maybe the period get up suits her. Her acting is actually quite good. It's hard to make an unsympathetic character watchable but she does it. Jessica Lange acts the role as mother in law very well. Only she could act this way. Tom Felton is made to look pretty scary as the consumptive husband.
First of all this is an gloomy and depressing story and the dark grim setting and cinematography make things seem even gloomier.
Worth one depressing watch.
I watched it for the good actors and actresses in it. Oscar Isaac is really quite different here as the lover/murderer. He can really act and race / time period. So versatile. Elizabeth Olsen looks quite beautiful much more so than in her other movies. Maybe the period get up suits her. Her acting is actually quite good. It's hard to make an unsympathetic character watchable but she does it. Jessica Lange acts the role as mother in law very well. Only she could act this way. Tom Felton is made to look pretty scary as the consumptive husband.
First of all this is an gloomy and depressing story and the dark grim setting and cinematography make things seem even gloomier.
Worth one depressing watch.