The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
Director:
Terence Davies
Actors:
Mrs Elton
Philip Welch
Mr Miller
Hester Collyer
Sir William Collyer
Rating:
(17’550 votes)
(17’550 votes)
Quotes:
« Freddie Page: Let me give you a case: Jack loves Jill, Jill loves Jack. But Jack doesn't love Jill in the same way. Jack never asked to be loved.
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« Hester Collyer: And what about Jill?
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« Freddie Page: That's Jill's hard luck! I can't be bloody Romeo all the time!
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« Mrs. Elton: A lot of rubbish is talked about love. You know what real love is? It's wiping someone's arse or changing the sheets when they've wet themselves. And letting them keep their dignity so you can both go on.
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« Collyer's Mother: Beware of passion, Hester. It always leads to something ugly.
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« Hester Collyer: What would you replace it with?
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« Collyer's Mother: A guarded enthusiasm. It's safer.
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Trailer:
U.S. Version
Runtime:98 minutes
Plots:
The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
In post-war London circa 1950, Hester Collyer is the younger wife of a respected High Court judge, Sir William Collyer. Their marriage is comfortable but lacks passion. Hester becomes involved in an affair with Freddie Page, a handsome but troubled former RAF pilot, haunted by his wartime memories. The relationship plunges Hester into emotional turmoil. She abandons the stability of her marriage and comfortable life, moves into a modest lodging with Freddie, and gradually becomes isolated and vulnerable. At one point she attempts suicide by gas at her new lodging, overwhelmed by despair and the realization that her affair and her choices may have destroyed more than they gave. Through flashbacks, the film explores how she arrived at this breaking point. The story is as much about Hester’s intense longing, the consequences of her decisions, and the social constraints of 1950s Britain, as it is about the affair itself.
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