Hard to Buy

Recently watched Desplechin's 'Un Conte de Noel' - 'A Christmas Tale'.

"It’s hard to buy Ivan’s reaction when his wife spends a night with his cousin – just one of too many character or story moments that jar," Time Out London Review

But in Desplechin generally, the real question is...





Is this heaven or hell? Is this a better or a worse world than the one of 'credible' relations between people, of reactions we can 'buy'.