I think It's a great movie with a deeper meaning than just the first line story which is beautifully told with sensitivity and great performances. But besides the moral implications of their actions which are well portrayed (we understand Serena's personality through her tragic past life experiences; and her husband's blindness having found the love that matches his lifestyle and personal ambitions), the story is also about nature Versus civilization. George Pemberton's obsession with hunting down the adult panther symbolizes his quest for bringing development into a virgin forest inevitably by destroying trees and erasing nature. Nature is nowadays seriously in danger of survival and humankind cannot do so without respecting nature : the end scene between the panther and George both death-wounded is intended to mean exactly this.
Review of Serena
