Flames Of Love - 1967 - 7/10
AKA - Jôen // The Affair // 情炎
Moody drama of young woman chastising her widowed mother’s scandalous behavior.
Her mother led affairs with lower class men, took to drink, and was run over by a truck.
Now the daughter, unhappily married, sees a similar path, darkly beckoning, in comparison with her faithless, businessman husband and meaningless home life.
A slow film, with compositions immaculate and imaginative.
Fascinating to watch her question those around her, and in so doing, question herself.
Her choices are extremely limited, and no matter how open minded men declare themselves, few are.
Arresting sound mix, as well. A perky instrumental balanced with stark silence or musique concrète.