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The film portrays high society as a gilded cage, where money cannot buy sanity or genuine connection.

The couple's only child, caught in the middle of a toxic, codependent relationship with his mother while struggling with worsening schizophrenia and his own sexuality. Plot Overview and Controversial Themes

Film ini tidak hanya kontroversial di mata penonton, tetapi juga di dunia nyata. , seorang seniman dan kurator terkenal yang merupakan kekasih Barbara di kehidupan nyata, menggugat pembuat film pada tahun 2008. Ia mengklaim bahwa film tersebut telah mencemarkan nama baiknya dengan menggambarkannya terlibat dalam ménage à trois dengan Barbara dan Tony. Green mengakui bahwa ia berselingkuh dengan Barbara, tetapi ia dengan tegas membantah tuduhan bahwa ia pernah tidur dengan sang putra. Ia juga menyangkal bahwa hubungan Barbara dan Tony bersifat insesual, menambah lapisan kontroversi di mana fakta dan fiksi dalam film ini menjadi kabur.

Kalin himself has spoken openly about the difficulty of getting the film made, noting that "people were not banging down the door to tell this story". He defended the film's approach, stating, "My point of view was not about shocking the audience, but about trying to understand and to have a certain amount of empathy". He described the film as "a portrait film about a family in total crisis".

: Some viewers found the explicit, taboo nature of the family's final months difficult to watch.


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