Drama Moments

I was fourteen when I was killed, on December 6, 1973.
In the 1970s, the photos of missing girls in the newspapers all looked a lot like me: white race, mousy brown hair.

Mary Reilly is a 1996 film directed by Stephen Frears, inspired by the eponymous novel by Valerie Martin. The film reinterprets the classic tale of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, offering a unique perspective: that of the maid Mary Reilly, who works for the troubled Dr. Henry Jekyll, unaware of his dual identity as the sinister Mr. Hyde.

The plot revolves around the protagonist Laura, portrayed by Julia Roberts, who tries to escape the obsessive control of her husband Martin, played by Patrick Bergin. The film crudely and realistically explores the dark and often subtle aspects of emotional and physical abuse within a marital relationship. Martin is a manipulative and violent husband who seeks to maintain total control over Laura’s life, isolating her from the outside world and threatening her with violence whenever she attempts to rebel.

The film opens with Dolores Claiborne, an elderly woman from Maine, being accused of the murder of her wealthy employer, Vera Donovan. As the police investigate the case, Dolores reveals her turbulent life story, including her toxic relationship with her abusive husband Joe and her difficult relationship with her daughter Selena. Through a series of flashbacks, the details of the traumas Dolores has endured over the years emerge, shedding light on the complexity of her feelings and actions.

The elegant and refined direction by TOM FORD pulls us into this story within a story, which leaves us feeling bruised and aching, much like the end of a love story or the end of a friendship…

“The Woman in the Window” is a 2020 psychological thriller film directed by Joe Wright and based on the novel of the same name by A.J. Finn. The film stars Amy Adams as the protagonist, Anna Fox, a psychiatrist who suffers from agoraphobia and spends most of her time watching the world from the window of her New York home.

“Secret Window” tells the story of a writer in serious trouble.

Nick loved the girl I pretended to be: the “hot chick.”
Men always say that, right? The ultimate compliment. “…she’s a hot chick!” The “hot chick” is sexy, the “hot chick” is fun, the “hot chick” never gets mad at her man; she just smiles, regretful and loving, and then offers him her mouth for pleasure.

“Have you ever confused a dream with reality? Have you ever stolen something while working the register, ever felt sad? Have you ever thought your train was moving, but you were standing still? Maybe I was just crazy, or maybe it was the Sixties. Or maybe I was just a girl interrupted.”

A story of passion, revenge, prejudice, and ignorance…