I started watching the film and wondered "What sort of man marries someone else when his wife is barely cold in the ground?" By the end my heart was a little sadder and my soul much wiser.
It was a fantastic, and beautifully candid, piece of film making.
I really hope that by the end Doug realised (and I hope feels) that his father, Mike, really did/does love him, and was very proud of him.
The thought this has left me with is - At what point do you call your failing relationship quits? Mike and Mina's relationship appeared to be incredibly complex with Mina's affairs of the heart, and the mind, being a hugely impactive factor on the overall tone of the relationship.
From it outside looking in it appeared that Mike spent 54 years doing what was right by his wife and his family regardless of his own feelings.
It proves that you cannot judge without the facts, and in fact should not judge at all.
It was a fantastic, and beautifully candid, piece of film making.
I really hope that by the end Doug realised (and I hope feels) that his father, Mike, really did/does love him, and was very proud of him.
The thought this has left me with is - At what point do you call your failing relationship quits? Mike and Mina's relationship appeared to be incredibly complex with Mina's affairs of the heart, and the mind, being a hugely impactive factor on the overall tone of the relationship.
From it outside looking in it appeared that Mike spent 54 years doing what was right by his wife and his family regardless of his own feelings.
It proves that you cannot judge without the facts, and in fact should not judge at all.