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Show all (5)Hester Collyer, the wife of a High Court judge, a free spirit trapped in a passionless marriage. Her encounter with Freddie Page, a troubled former Royal Air Force pilot throws her life in turmoil, as their erotic relationship leaves her emotionally stranded and physically isolated. Nearly abandoned by Freddie, Hester attempts to win him back through a desperate gesture. This only serves to estrange her more from the men in her life and reality itself.
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The Deep Blue Sea is a suffocating movie, and it's meant to be. Set around 1950 in England, based on the play by Terence Rattigan and directed by British director Terence Davies ( The House of Mirth), it has a claustrophobic mood that mimics the emotional state of the unhappy Hester Collyer (Rachel Weisz), who is attempting to gas herself in her small, dark flat when the film opens. (Full review)