Zandy Allan (Gene Hackman) is a rancher living hard in the Sierra Nevada. He answers an ad for marriage. It gets off to a bad start. Hannah Lund (Liv Ullmann) is 32 but lied about being 25. He's a brute and only cares about getting a son from her. His father is just as brutal with his mom.
Gene Hackman is a versatile actor. In this one, he's a male chauvinist and a general callous brute. The rape scene is actually quite shocking coming from him. Still, he's not portrayed as a villain which does leave me conflicted about this movie. I'm ambivalent about the character and thereby the movie itself. It's not a feel good movie but it's not a feel sad movie either. Director Jan Troell is Swedish.
Gene Hackman is a versatile actor. In this one, he's a male chauvinist and a general callous brute. The rape scene is actually quite shocking coming from him. Still, he's not portrayed as a villain which does leave me conflicted about this movie. I'm ambivalent about the character and thereby the movie itself. It's not a feel good movie but it's not a feel sad movie either. Director Jan Troell is Swedish.