Kitty is a selfish upper class British girl who marries Walter, a bacteriologist, so she can get away from her family. Her family had been desperate to see her go in any case: supporting her cost money and it was about time she was supported by a husband. She follows Walter to China, but Walter is a bit reserved, bookish and not very talkative, so Kitty soon falls in love with someone else and has an affair.
When Walter finds out, he accepts a job in a remote village ravaged by cholera and asks Kitty to either follow him or to accept a humiliating divorce. The story is about Kitty’s “awakening of the heart”. Yet, it is not at all mushy. Kitty is a very tough nut who is profoundly self-centered and who does not care about anything or anyone in the world. Most of the movie depicts her resistance and her attempts to find a way out of having to crack open. I think I needed to see it. Possibly twice.
When Walter finds out, he accepts a job in a remote village ravaged by cholera and asks Kitty to either follow him or to accept a humiliating divorce. The story is about Kitty’s “awakening of the heart”. Yet, it is not at all mushy. Kitty is a very tough nut who is profoundly self-centered and who does not care about anything or anyone in the world. Most of the movie depicts her resistance and her attempts to find a way out of having to crack open. I think I needed to see it. Possibly twice.
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