8/10
It quietly stays with you
15 May 2009
Warning: Spoilers
I remember this film from a single viewing, probably 40 years ago. I remember the father talking to the son about being punished for: (Bibi)". . it was a poster." (Father) "That isn't 'filthy'." (Bibi) "It was woman from the vaudeville." (Father) "This could be risqué, but not 'filthy'." (Bibi) "Someone had drawn on it with pencil." (Father) "'That' could be filthy."

I remember father yelling at the teacher, ". . and will you tell the 'truth' if I beat you, and beat you, and beat you?" (while whacking the switch on the desk)

And after 40 years I still look at an empty glass (or bottle) and sadly say, "A dry well is a terrible thing to behold."

You may forget it for years at a time, and out of nowhere - "Uncle Louis drinks wine from a water cooler."
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