THE TRUTH ABOUT WOMEN

english below

Wanneer zijn schoonzoon naar hem komt met problemen in zijn relatie, deelt Sir Tavistock zijn eigen levensverhaal met de jongeman. In flashbacks herinnert Tavistock zich relaties uit zijn verleden met gevonden en verloren liefdes. In THE TRUTH ABOUT WOMEN geeft Muriel Box haar vrouwelijke personages eigenaarschap over hun eigen levens met het verlangen om meer te zijn dan enkel de ‘echtgenote van’. Het zijn zij die de traditionalistische visie van Tavistock op huwelijk en vrouwen in het algemeen doen evolueren.

“Less an overt comedy, more a simple reminiscence drama that often deals with humorous elements (...) Yet it remained charming and warm, with some real pathos buried under the still needed message that men and women, while different in so many ways that should be celebrated, both want the exact same thing: to be treated as equals.” – filmcriticus Mark Costello op Letterboxd.

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This film is in English with Dutch subtitles.

When his son-in-law comes to him with problems in his relationship, Sir Tavistock shares his own life story with the young man. In flashbacks, Tavistock recalls relationships from his past with loves lost and found. In THE TRUTH ABOUT WOMEN, Muriel Box gives her female characters ownership of their own lives with a desire to be more than just the ‘wife of’. It is they who evolve Tavistock's traditionalist view of marriage and women in general.