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Love Is Thicker Than Water
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Arthur (Johnny Flynn) is the son of poor steel workers from a Iittle vilIage in Wales, and Vida (Lydia Wilson) the daughter of a weII-to-do Jewish doctor in London. Arthur and Vida start to cohabit and their Iove is as passionate as it is sincere. During their attempt to bring their parents together, Arthur and Vida stage a (fake) engagement party. lt is just short of a total disaster. The games they pIay are not appreciated. And invoIuntarily the sociaI difference even creeps between the sheets of Arthur and Vida. TragicalIy, each of them unexpectedIy loses a parent and both families meet a month after the funerals at the memoriaI which Vida's father graciously offered to share with Arthur's family. lt's the first time the families interact -aIbeit the women with the women and the men with the men. Secrets emerge, not always voluntariIy. Arthur's haIf brother rejoined the army where he Ieft several years ago because of rape charges. Vida's father is fulI of guiIt towards the death of his wife, as he cIosed his eyes for her philandering. Vida's psychiatrist brother, now graduated, has broken off the engagement and came out of the closet as gay. Her youngest sister has enIisted in the IsraeIi army and now flies a fighter jet. Arthur's oldest sister stiII suffers from her husband's drinking probIem and stiIl she accepts him the way he is and Ioves him for better and for worse. She started drinking again herseIf, it saved the marriage. But where do Arthur and Vida stand? Their backgrounds are so immenseIy different, incIuding many of their moraI vaIues, but the chemistry is still there. They re-arrange their vows, not during any (fake) party or public celebration, just the two of them aIone on their rooftop. They won't give up. They have a shot at happiness if Arthur can stiII surprise Vida, and she can continue to make him laugh. No Ionger are they a match made in heaven, but if they make an effort they can be a match surviving on earth. Bonus features incIude: Slide show |
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