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Innocence

By: Destrudo

One of Cinema CNC’s
two Australian films,
“Innocence” is a film that lives
up to the hype created by the
film festivaL.scene. It was
even held over in Vancouver
because it did so well and the
viewing at CNC was packed
in both screenings.

Directed by Paul Cox,
this is his 18th film and it lives
up to his reputation as an
auteur, or one who has com-
plete control of his project. In
this respect, the film was writ-
ten, directed, and produced
by Paul Cox. This factor
alone contributes heavily to
realism of the characters and
events in the film.

Enter Andreas’ and
Claire, two people who expe-
rienced first love passionate-
ly 40 years ago in post-war
Belgium. They discover each
other in the present and old
passions are rekindled. To
put it simply, all hell breaks
loose in their lives. Claire is in
a marriage that has lasted 20
years and seems lacking to
her; she does not feel need-
ed by her husband and she
claims a woman must feel
needed, from time to time.
These events awaken jeal-
ousy and anger in her hus-
band, an otherwise dry,
unemotional type. How can
this be resolved? Where will
it end?

Going into this movie,
one is confounded as to how
interesting a story of two
nearly seventy-year-old adul-
ters can be; one gets one’s
answer while watching. This

film plays with ideas one
never considers: elderly lust,
elderly sex, justified adultery.
It does not.leave you with
answers; if leaves you with
questions. What is marriage?
What is love? Doés marriage
change, given time? Does
love change, given time?
What role does love play in
marriage? These questions .
plague the minds of those
involved, but only after the
damage is done.

The opening of the film
seems to set the mood. We
see the young couple togeth-
er in the past and then the
sound of their own old voices
over scenes of running water
in creeks and rivers. Time
flows like a river, constantly
changing and moving. As
Heraclitus would put it, you
can never step in the same
river twice. So should we
stop swimming all together?

Ultimately, the film is
excellent and it is a blessing
that Cinema CNC can show
the “high brow” films that
would otherwise go unno-
ticed in Prince George.

Next issue’s review will
be for Nora, a film based ona
book by Brenda Maddox,
which features the love inter-
est of literary genius James
Joyce. A must see.

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