Late this afternoon, I decided I wanted to try to get to the movies. Part of the adventure of living overseas is that you have to figure out which films are in English, with Hungarian subtitles, and which have been dubbed. Plus, all the titles are in Hungarian, and the descriptions as well. So, sometimes it's a shot in the dark.
I found a drama whose Hungarian title is: Mother, daughter and granddaughter...the English title is "Georgia Rule". I didn't read the description very carefully...I just noticed it was in English and decided that Jane Fonda would be good to see in a film.
Well, to my amazement, within 5 min. of the films' start, a friend of mine from university, Dermot Mulroney, appeared on the big screen! Of course he's been in many films, but I didn't know he was in this one, or that he would have such a significant part.
The film is interesting...deep and definitely not a chick-flick. The messages are serious, the characters average American people...definitely worth seeing. The film raises the question numerous times, "who are you going to believe?" The daughter has had a pattern of lying and rebellion, and so when she is confronted about being molested by her step-father, she is thought to be lying...do you believe your daughter or your husband? I love the fact that in the end, truth prevails, the lies are exposed and there is forgivness and reconciliation. The process of getting there is ugly and not fun; sometimes the most valuable things in life that are worth fighting for take a lot of work and sometimes, that work can get messy. But when Truth wins out, it's all worth it.
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