Romy Schneider, Girls in Boarding Two of the most star German actresses of that period, Lilly Palmer and Romy Schneider, again after the "Fireworks" get together and give a very contradictory in terms of plot and accents, but flawless from the standpoint of acting, action. The guesthouse is filled with an atmosphere of tension. The focus is on the conflict between an elderly abbot and a young teacher. Their opposition is the epitome of a long-standing struggle between authoritarianism and libertarianism. One is afraid and the other is loved. In addition, one of the girls is ready to publicly confess his love to his teacher. Tragic tension will last until the final.
What's left over? Ambiguous hints about homosexuality can only be seen by those who, in my opinion, are too indifferent to this topic. The film is completely different. The feelings that Romy Schneider experiences are nothing more than the sympathy of a young girl for a person. Hence, it turns out that the film did not seem to me vulgar or somehow touching on topics of non-traditional orientation (as many critics mention). Another thing is that perhaps the creators themselves provoked some ambiguity, picked up by the “aesthetics”.
Perhaps this film is about the struggle of the individual with prohibitions, somehow awkward and nervously foreshadowing the appearance of “Flight over the Cuckoo’s Nest”. It highlights the shift in educational approaches that occurred just in the decade after the war, when “Girls in Uniform” was staged. The conflict is thought up in a kind of “empty place”, but its roots in educational approaches.
All right. I don't like this movie very much. Excessively tense and well-obsolete, it is as if from the very beginning it was programmed for scandal, discussion, controversy. Romy and Lilly try to make a sensation, but nothing outstanding famous actors did not show (although their weak performance can not be called – confirmation of a high professional level). Although, where all the controversy was supposed to start, I think, the film broadcasts the credits. This is caution and clumsiness does not paint the tape.
5 out of 10