I saw "Beanpole" at the Philadelphia Film Festival...or at least I saw MOST of this film. I say most because after a while, I simply left the theater....the awfulness of the story was simply overwhelming and film festivals usually feature too many such films....films artsy folks love but which the average person would hate.
What was so tough to watch in the movie? Well, you get to see a woman suffering from PTSD accidentally suffocate a small child, vomiting, euthanasia and a rape in which a man and woman are forced to have sex by a third person. The bottom line is that I was feeling very depressed and decided I needed a break...as did my daughter who left the film even earlier than I did.
For the artsy folks....and no one else.
What was so tough to watch in the movie? Well, you get to see a woman suffering from PTSD accidentally suffocate a small child, vomiting, euthanasia and a rape in which a man and woman are forced to have sex by a third person. The bottom line is that I was feeling very depressed and decided I needed a break...as did my daughter who left the film even earlier than I did.
For the artsy folks....and no one else.