The story revolves around Jane and her life. It starts out with her running away from something in her past and being taken into the home of a well off family. As she recovers from her escape, the family housing her asks for her story. They can't understand how she ended up out in the middle of the nowhere. The story moves into a series of flashbacks that tell her story and the secrets that are hiding there, some not her own. The question, as the end of the movies draw near, is whether or not Jane can live with the secrets thar are brought to light.
The movie, unlike many other book-to-film projects, was actually satisfying. The movie tried to keep several motifs alive from the novel. One most notable themes is that of the fire. However, there were some major problems with the film. The film was very quiet and their more antiquated speech made it hard to hear. A second problem I found was that there was a lot of slow, quiet scenes to the film. There is only so much a confused or longing look can do for an audience.
I thought that the story itself was a little flimsy, but it ws still good to sit through. The secrets that the film was trying to push as huge, came across (probably due to our more accepting lifestyle) as silly. This movie, along with a lot of older books, have lost the deep meanings over the years.
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