Word: denouementâ
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...finally done in by her inability to articulate her feelings. The erudite null dismisses Pomme because he mistakes her silence for ignorance, and, lest we make the same error, the movie ends with the damaged and deserted Pomme staring accusingly at the audience. It is a devastating denouement???the kind we expect from heartbreak movies ?but it is not pity for the proverbial jilted heroine that is disturbing. What Goretta forces us to confront at the end of The Lacemaker is the potential for inhumanity within ourselves. ? Frank Rich
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