This 19th century love story is based on a Zola novel by the same title. I am not a literary giant and have never read Zola, but I have read Flaubert (Madam Bovery), which the opening on this film caused me to draw comparisons which continued to the end. Thérèse Raquin (Elizabeth Olsen) is abandoned by her father and raised by her aunt.She spends her life in near isolation from the outside world as does her sickly cousin Camille (Tom Felton) who she eventually marries as she knows no other life. As her passions flair, missionary position Camille fails to satisfy her as she takes up with Laurent (Oscar Isaac) an old friend of the family. Her loves move into a stage of on screen passionate quickies until an apparent foul play incident turns this into a ...well somewhat less boring love story which now feels hurried and shortened.
A "Lifetime " film for people who are over 140.
Parental Guide: No F-bombs. Numerous sex scenes. Brief Olsen nudity.
A "Lifetime " film for people who are over 140.
Parental Guide: No F-bombs. Numerous sex scenes. Brief Olsen nudity.