La macchia umana

In the beginning I thought this was just an old man and young woman love story. However, when the story was unraveling, I found it was trying to tell about the absurdity of human values.

The young Coleman tried to seek the highest position he could get no matter what price he was paying. Years after he reached his goal, he fell in love with a woman in the lowest society( in the film Nicole Kidman could not well portrayed this woman described in the original book – Kidman was too pretty for this role). The fact that the old Coleman was fascinated by this woman is not because of her beauty or anything else; but because of his need to relate and to reveal. The terrible secret in his heart! I think the Clinton related comments in this film was just to misguide the audience, to let us think this is about a sex scandal. On the surface it is, but deep down it was really about the torture of secret and how the man relieves it from his heart. There is no other way out.