
When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
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Such a cruel act like disfigurement shown in the kindest light. Had my heart the whole way. The whole dynamic of the couple having a physical anomaly in both of them, yet still trying their best to accommodate each other in whatever ways they can... Also probably the smartest and cutest dog I've seen in a film...
A Love that Sees Us or a Love that feels us The man who laughs is a tale of old times but with a twist, instead of a Princess in distress it's a Prince that is a need for help, he's not trapped in a tower, he's not forced into eternal sleep, but he is cursed, although he's not in an active state of distress, his actual torture and need for help comes from the inside, his curse created this fraction between what he is on the inside and what the world sees, two battles he constantly fights one with the outside world that forever ridiculed him for his curse and another one within him, an imbalance between his soul and his body no matter what deranges him from the inside he can never exteriorize it, always smiling but never meaning; That is the fate of those who met Kaido..I mean gypsies, gypsies we're talking about gypsies here. Anyway the part that fascinated me the most was the love…
Aktorska perełka. Zaraz po seansie odpaliłem google, żeby sprawdzić, czy Mary Philbin faktycznie była niewidoma, tak przekonująco tu wypadła (jej psiak-przewodnik Homo też). Zapisuję sobie jej nazwisko do dalszego researchu. Conrad Veidt? Myślałem, że już nie przebije swoje swojej roli w Orlacs Hände, które Bruce Campbell oglądał chyba po 5 razy dziennie, przygotowując się do Evil Dead; a jednak, tutaj jest jeszcze lepszy, szczególnie w scenach gdy w jego oczach widać prawdziwy smutek, ale do jego twarzy jest na stałe przyklejony niepokojący uśmiech. Brawo.