and yet it's hard to distinguish exactly what it's trying to say. While little is said in The Dig, much is understood. Even the slights and jabs directed at gender and class are understated. Intense feelings are bubbling under the surface but never expressed. Magnificently well-woven, the complexities of the story also resemble the excavation - it's slow and steady, and we must keep brushing away the dust and pay close attention to slight details to discover the inner lives of the subjects. Graceful, restrained, and eloquent: The tone, aesthetic, and delivery of this drama match that of its aristocratic main character. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Scenes of peril include a character being buried alive and a plane crash (off camera) character also smoke both pipes and cigarettes frequently, which is accurate for the era.
Expect brief partial female nudity (the most sensitive areas are covered) and a moment of passion that leads to sex. All of this properness means that some iffy content may go over younger viewers' heads: You have to be able to read between the lines to realize that a married man is feeling attracted to another man - or realize that his wife is making a sexual overture. Parents may want to use the opportunity to discuss how characters successfully persuade others by using calm, tactfully delivered words. The "stiff upper lip" attitude of pre-war-England lends itself to creating emotionally reserved characters. Viewers understand that her young son will soon be an orphan with potentially no surviving family it's heartbreaking when he sobs because he believes that it was his responsibility to "look after his mother." The film's messages, though, are more about curiosity, teamwork, and legacy - the idea that our actions can stand the test of time. An air of impending death hangs over the story, both in the sense of England reluctantly joining World War II and in the illness of main character Edith ( Carey Mulligan).
Parents need to know that The Dig is a drama based on John Preston's historical novel about the 1939 archeological discovery of Sutton Hoo in England.
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