Many of the reviews here have lamented the ambiguous plot line and non-definitive ending.
Within the first 2 minutes I was asking myself the same thing any mother would ask - "why did my son kill himself?" If she tells her son's girlfriend right away that he's dead, she may never know.
Spoiler alert- we are never told throughout the movie that her son committed suicide or even that he's dead at all.
The answer is in a mother's admission of infidelity in her own marriage, a dinner party with arduous implications, and ultimately an unfaithful girlfriend's confession.
A raised eyebrow, a tear, lilting laughter turning to sadness. Shrewd questions. Cold awareness.
All in a mother's countenance, without a word spoken.
All to draw out the truth.
That's why "The Waiting" is occurring.
"If not for this young girl's promiscuousness, my son would be alive".
Heart wrenching.
Cinematic magic.
Within the first 2 minutes I was asking myself the same thing any mother would ask - "why did my son kill himself?" If she tells her son's girlfriend right away that he's dead, she may never know.
Spoiler alert- we are never told throughout the movie that her son committed suicide or even that he's dead at all.
The answer is in a mother's admission of infidelity in her own marriage, a dinner party with arduous implications, and ultimately an unfaithful girlfriend's confession.
A raised eyebrow, a tear, lilting laughter turning to sadness. Shrewd questions. Cold awareness.
All in a mother's countenance, without a word spoken.
All to draw out the truth.
That's why "The Waiting" is occurring.
"If not for this young girl's promiscuousness, my son would be alive".
Heart wrenching.
Cinematic magic.