This wasn’t a treat, rather a theatre of broken people trying to mend some things up. I have thought that Martin was hetero in the first scene when he leaves Jeannette’s bed. When Jeannette’s daughter Sierra comes with Andrew in a surprise visit to announce their happy marriage, I wonder how will Martin and Andrew end up cheating on the mother and the daughter. I have already felt sorry for the girls.
And then, it was not that the viewers were the only one to be deceived, the characters are in a net of their own illusions. Jeannette is an alcoholic, Martin is HIV positive, Andrew is an ex-prostitute and all that Sierra wants from her mum is money, her presentable marriage just a trick to get it.
It is a rather sad movie. No reason is given for their unhappy destinies and how did they unfold. Characters are just tragic as they are, tragedy being so big that no movie catharsis can undo it. The only question remaining if they can take a little bit of happiness that is on offer and if can they act on something good when they see it?
Martin is the most touching character of all, Andrew says that he falls for his integrity. I would also add dignity. Martin’s love may be discreet and cold, like the weather and the northern landscape in which the plot unfolds. The question remaining, if he would allow Sun’s rays to touch him.
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