Beautiful to Look at, But Lacks Drama
I've never read the novel that this movie is based on. So, I will address myself to the film alone. Almost any freeze-frame from the movie could stand as a beautiful picture by one of the great Dutch or Flemish painters of the 17th century. However, I could not understand what motivated the characters. All of the attempts at dramatics seemed to me to be "much ado about nothing."
Im Arme der Götter wuchs ich groß.--Friedrich Hölderlin