Filmed in Romania, it would seem: 17 years after Brokeback Mountain, two antebellum Appalacian (??) farmers' wives discover the only joy in their lives to be the dream of what might now be called a lesbian partnership.
TWTC is a bit slow to start with, there's a lot of 'this is what people had to put up with in 1856', but there's also a lot of atmosphere and earnest authenticity. The male characters come off extremely badly, which is no more than they deserve, I guess.
The balance between joy and misery is rather skewed. Joy = two women's love for each other:- misery = everything else. Well depicted, but rather too many 'Journal page' headers with narration (though this is redeemed at the end), and scenes of cows being milked. And no home-made music? Really?
Much better than the unrelentingly grim 'The Power Of The Dog', nonetheless. Impressive end credits, too.
TWTC is a bit slow to start with, there's a lot of 'this is what people had to put up with in 1856', but there's also a lot of atmosphere and earnest authenticity. The male characters come off extremely badly, which is no more than they deserve, I guess.
The balance between joy and misery is rather skewed. Joy = two women's love for each other:- misery = everything else. Well depicted, but rather too many 'Journal page' headers with narration (though this is redeemed at the end), and scenes of cows being milked. And no home-made music? Really?
Much better than the unrelentingly grim 'The Power Of The Dog', nonetheless. Impressive end credits, too.