The Escape (2017) (original) (raw)
Tara is slowly crushed under the weight of a life that she is no longer sure she wants, so she escapes her life after one domestic squabble too many. She gets into her car, leaving her husband and children amid the wreckage of breakfast, and gets a train to Paris.
Tara is slowly crushed under the weight of a life that she is no longer sure she wants, so she escapes her life after one domestic squabble too many. She gets into her car, leaving her husband and children amid the wreckage of breakfast, and gets a train to Paris. (less)
Director: Dominic Savage
Writer: Dominic Savage
Starring: Gemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper, Frances Barber, Marthe Keller, Montserrat Lombard, Jalil Lespert
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Review by Brian Orndorf, May 17, 2018
8 / 10
A few weeks ago there was �Tully,� which explored depression emerging from the pains of motherhood and chemical imbalance. It was meant to be a dark comedy with particular sensitivity to the demands of parenthood. �The Escape� handles basically the same idea, but writer/director Dominic Savage goes down a much bleaker route with the material, which is delivered with complete sobriety. �The Escape� offers a personal journey of mental erosion and domestic suffocation, and while Savage tends to the pressure points of household responsibility, he also provides a commentary on gender roles and mari ...read more...
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