Three Lives Changed & A Short Film That Stuns!
Director Catherine Corsini has crafted a poignant, deliberate and angst ridden film openly displaying the wide range of human emotions between three people. Each one different, with their worlds intertwined in guilt, remorse, empathy and possible resolution. A middle-class man (Al) is out with his long time buddies drinking one night when they accidentally strike a pedestrian. Fleeing, they are witnessed from the balcony of a pregnant woman (Juliette), who calls the police. Al is only a few days from marriage and a new life at a high-class car dealership. He has everything to lose.
Juliette is having her own emotional upheavals and feels compelled to become part of the discovery of the driver. Adding to her dilemma, Juliette contacts and befriends the distraught victim's wife, Vera. Both Vera and her husband are illegal immigrants from Moldavia, adding to their problems of exposure and lack of finances for health care. Juliette also recognizes the guilt ridden driver when...
One Tragedy Affects Three Lives: What Might Have Been A Devastating Morality Play Unravels Like An Upscale Soap Opera Instead
The French drama "Three Worlds" has all the makings of a searing and unforgettable morality play. I was utterly fascinated by the situation it set up, the crisis in which it thrust its characters, and the weighty decisions each had to wrestle with. Despite my genuine enthusiasm about the concept, though, I feel like a lot of potential material was left unexplored. Though I liked the actors and thought the performances accomplished, the film maintains a chilly demeanor throughout which kept me emotionally distant. As much as I wanted to connect wholeheartedly with the moral quandaries that face the central characters, the movie's screenplay never invites a particular closeness. And in the end, several significant plot threads are left dangling in the wind. While this may sound like I actively dislike Catherine Corsini's film, nothing could be further from the truth. I liked it a great deal. I just think that it had the potential to be a devastating contemplation of guilt and...
Navigating guilt, personal responsibility, ethics, and attitudes towards immigrants
THREE WORLDS is a stunningly dramatic film directed by Catherine Corsini who co-wrote the story and screenplay with Beno
