hey all i had the privliage to see this great film last night on tcm, but i dont understand the part where sisif, become angry with norma for spending the whole day at home with her brother, and did he accuse him of something else, did i miss something here.
nikki
We know that Sisif and his son Elie are both in love with Norma. There is one other scene also that shows Sisif upset with the attention Elie shows Norma. I think he was just jealous of Elie and Norma's close relationship. Perhaps he was afraid that Elie would some day find out Norma is not really his sister, let his feelings for her blossom, and steal her away from Sisif.
"A fool and his money soon party!"
glad you cleared that up because, i thought he was upset because it look like they were embracing, i also wanted to ask does anyone think there may have been some touching or playing doctor so to speak, between elie and norma. just opinions
shareDoes no one else find this creepy? So just because you're related, the individual doesn't want to date the woman. How could you be attracted to your sister? It's incest. If you've been "brother-sister" for that long (20 years, probably), related or not, how could you be attracted to your sister by the time it's revealed? "Oh, she's my sister, gross. Oh, she's not really? Yeah, she's hot." Why do audience take this dynamic so lightly.
shareyes, its incredibly creepy. The whole role Norma is given as a woman is incredibly creepy. The woman sacrifises herself in every way, but its not enough, because she brought a curse over the male family members - which is that they fall in love with her - and which by the way happens only because her foster-father stole her from an accident site without even checking if her mother is still alive or if there are relatives in England looking for her. What is a replacement for a woman - just get yourself a steam engine.
The story is hard to top in terms of misogynism. Yes, its from the 1920ies - and yes thats no excuse, there are lots of films with strong women also in the silent era.