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General Major 
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DISABILITY |
General
Brain damage |
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NOTES |
A literary
critic being driven to interview a novelist is injured in a car
accident leaving her brain damaged. Her friend who was driving
is uninjured and carries on to the interview. Christina,
the critic, is left ignored in hospital. But the daughter of
the novelist takes an interest in Christina. |
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This film is
somewhat dogged in believing that the aspiration |
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to realism
absolves it of entertaining us. It is awkwardly told, |
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and
elliptical. We don't see the brain damaged Christina until
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40 minutes
into the film and then the film becomes more |
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interesting.
The hospital scenes are well done and we are |
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shown the
process of recovery and the importance of |
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motivation
and caring. The film is perhaps spoiled by the |
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