Viewed with the Amazing Edith’s *Collab Film Group*.
Please read my first review of this film here.
Notes from my second watch:
The monologues given by the two leading women are just astounding. Margaret Leighton and her conniving words cut deep through Joseph Cotten’s estranged ex-convict while Ingrid Bergman’s stroll down memory lane is an eye-opening riff of nostalgia (and home) for Michael Wilding’s naive irishman. The symmetry of these monologues is dissected by the lone ballroom sequence as the moment of the film where class differences converge mightily—class differences (perceived) that are driving wedges between Bergman and Cotten, and Wilding and Cotten.
Margaret Leighton's early scenes are even more impactful after you know how the film ends. Small intimate moments...