Just a pondering about the laywer/son thing…
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Madame X
katrina279 — 19 years ago(August 14, 2006 09:08 PM)
One thing I don't get is, wouldn't her son have introduced himself to her despite the fact that she wouldn't talk? He could have said something like, "I'm so-and-so, and I'm here to defend you" or something along those lines.
And another thingDID THIS MOVIE MAKE YOU CRY??? I KNOW IT MADE ME BAWL LIKE CRAZY. Especially when she did the whole speech in court and when she was lying on her bed telling her son everything without telling him that she was his mother. I watched it a short few minutes ago and I'm STILL crying. -
jijpa — 19 years ago(September 13, 2006 12:57 PM)
The tears flow for at least the last 10-15 minutes . . .from the time she stands up at the defense table and cries "take my life" through her time on the witness stand " I wasn't suitable, I really wasn't, I see that now" all the way to the end, telling her son when he marries it's important for them to live alone (in other words don't make the mistake I made) and calling him "child" I've seen this movie dozens of times and each time I tell myself this is the time I won't cry but I always do.
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Jane Dough — 19 years ago(September 22, 2006 03:16 AM)
Ah yes, never to be forgottenhorribly, painfully sadI too bawl uncontrollably.
Moulin Rouge (1952) is the only other film that tops it for meactually evokes audible sobs along with the flood of tears about midway into the film and does not release you until the end. -
WarpedRecord — 13 years ago(April 11, 2012 06:27 PM)
It didn't quite make me cry, but I found it extremely gripping. The person I watched this with teared up during that scene, which is fairly rare for my friend.
This is a superb melodrama with outstanding performances, direction and script, and it covers all the bases I love: film noir, travelogue, romance and soap. 9/10 stars from me.