My wife and I just watched A Cruel Romance last night and both of us agreed it was a good film that was tragic.
I wondered though why Juliy had no friends at all. He gave a pre-wedding feast at his house and could only find four people to invite, none of whom were his friends? I thought that was unreasonable and detracted from the story. Even Larissa's mother did not participate at the feast when if she had she could have headed off the plot against Juliy. Yet at the other gatherings we saw many people, most of whom were repeaters. They were at Larissa's house, with Juliy present, so why were not any of these invited? I was also taken aback by Larissa's easy acquiescence to leaving Juliy for a man, Sergie, who had just ditched her a year ago. She seemed to be resigned to her fate yet raced to get away from Juliy. Her decency would have come into play and prevented her from such a flighty move.
I wondered though why Juliy had no friends at all. He gave a pre-wedding feast at his house and could only find four people to invite, none of whom were his friends? I thought that was unreasonable and detracted from the story. Even Larissa's mother did not participate at the feast when if she had she could have headed off the plot against Juliy. Yet at the other gatherings we saw many people, most of whom were repeaters. They were at Larissa's house, with Juliy present, so why were not any of these invited? I was also taken aback by Larissa's easy acquiescence to leaving Juliy for a man, Sergie, who had just ditched her a year ago. She seemed to be resigned to her fate yet raced to get away from Juliy. Her decency would have come into play and prevented her from such a flighty move.