Portrait of a Marriage

The gentry and their sexual dalliances...

The husband has a penchant for 'diversions' and he receives, in return, a rather nasty social disease - thus ending any liaisons with his wife - who doesn't seem to mind too much.

This enforced abstinence awakens her lesbian tendencies. And, then she fucks off with her lesbian lover to troll around post-war Europe...leaving her children with the vile nanny.

This is all about what's good for the goose is also good for the gander - yes, it is that selfish bisexual thing again.

There is not one character who has a trace of likeability....according to this, the life of privilege produces putrid people - who declare the likes of Proust to be grubby.

The venom and cruelty that they all politely exert is a disturbing reflection of the creed.

The source material comes from Sackville-West's son...either he had an axe to grind or there has been a gross misinterpretation of the facts. But, there is no doubting the spinelessness of his father and the viciousness of his mother...with parents like these...

Whatever is the case, Portrait of a Marriage paints the ugliest of portraits...of Dorian Gray proportions.

A must-see - although it is not a pleasant story.

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