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LIFE OPENS UP

Today's film was the Italian

Le fate ignoranti / His Secret Life (2001)

A suburban wife finds that her husband, killed in an accident, had a double life.

Pursuing this unknown history, she discovers not only a lover who is a man but she also finds a way of life, a bohemian menage, which doubly amplifies the fact of his secrets.

The menage turns out to be a healing for her and she and the widower experience a lot of healing from the loss. Together.

I liked this for a lot of reasons. It is written and directed by Ferzan Ozpetek who also gave us Steam: A Turkish Bath which has similar ideas of a more floating sexuality and bonds with people who are strange. Very good.

I would not mind seeing it again. That is a 4 out of Netflix5.