Family members protect each other. There is a secret territory, forbidden for everybody. For kids this adult behavior is incomprehensible and leaves scars on their fragile souls. But, dirt always comes out. The darkest family skeleton gets revealed, never expected, always in tragedy. When an abused member of, for example, an incest family, gives a Speech of Truth, a bomb explodes and the many lies gathered in dusty cobwebs slowly gets cleared. Divorces, suicides, …
Remember Thomas Vinterbergs “Festen”? And Lars Von Triers “Dogville”? These are 2 films that made me doubt whether revenge is justified. This thought woke me up this morning….
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