while watching I had a bad day and did not like the film at first sight. next day, however, I was thinking about the film a lot.
the main hero is lucky and unlucky at the same time: he is white although his parents were black. the whitness however is the reason of his inability to identify himself neither with blacks nor with whites. he chooses to be white but in this very way rejects his roots - parents, family, home.
he meets a woman who cannot come to terms with her past and because of this - cannot accept the presence. they both lost everything they had. their relationship - seemingly as shallow as a puddle - is a kind of therapy for them both
I like when a film makes me think. this one certainly does!
the main hero is lucky and unlucky at the same time: he is white although his parents were black. the whitness however is the reason of his inability to identify himself neither with blacks nor with whites. he chooses to be white but in this very way rejects his roots - parents, family, home.
he meets a woman who cannot come to terms with her past and because of this - cannot accept the presence. they both lost everything they had. their relationship - seemingly as shallow as a puddle - is a kind of therapy for them both
I like when a film makes me think. this one certainly does!