Review of Autumn Sonata (1978) by Tomass P — 10 Jul 2013

Watching this movie, I thought about my sensitivity to the pain of others. More specifically, I thought about my qualification to be a mother. I think that anyone has at least one thing/activity which s/he deems so important and cares so much about that changing diapers becomes nothing but a tedious chore by comparison.

I am sure the baby will be uncomfortable in the wet diaper, but will I stop what I am doing - my activity of such importance and magnificence - to change the diaper? I guess not, and the concert pianist mother in the movie (the BEAUTIFUL Ingrid Bergman) makes the same decision.