Length: 2 hours. Genre: Adaptation/Drama Starring: Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Perkins. Directed by Anatole Litvak.
Synopsis. Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier (Ingrid Bergman) resists
the advances of Philip Van der Besh (Anthony Perkins), the 24-year-old
son of one of her clients (Jessie Royce Landis). But when her longtime
paramour, Roger Demarest (Yves Montand), begins yet another casual
affair with a younger woman, Paula decides that two
can play that game. (Google)
My opinion. It's not a very plot-twist story, and it turns out the way you'd expect it to - plus it gets a bit less interesting in the second half. The beginning, though, is full of funny scenes, and Perkins is (as always) adorable and funny and awkward in the cute way. I love the beginning, and for the most part I was satisfied with the end - on the other hand, I just didn't connect with any of them (including Perkins) because I didn't find myself sympathetic towards them, and I didn't find them relatable (relatable in the story kind of way, not in the basic VSCO/Tumblr girl way) so I think that's why I didn't find the story line very compelling but it's a fun movie to watch and it's not scary at all. I watched it on a rainy night when I was sick with a sore throat and disgusting cold tea, home alone, waiting for everyone to get back from visiting relatives and it's a perfect movie for that kind of situation.
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