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"I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us...We need the books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us."
That is a quote out of one of Franz Kafka's letters, a German philosopher and existentialist. I know it's about books, but I think it's true for movies, too. And that's exactly what "Secret's and lies" did to me. It stabbed and wounded me. The sometimes very pitiful portrayal of the British middle class and how those people cope with their life is far more effective and powerful than the theme of a typical Hollywood creation that is blown out of proportion to just make the movie glitter and sparkle. "Secrets and Lies" is a film that goes to the heart, and I don't mean just tear-sobbing emotion.
Cheers
Stefani
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