Talk:Tess (1979 film)

Romance?
Why is this described as a "romance"? Just because the main character is a pretty girl doesn't mean it's a romance. It's about a young girl who gets totally screwed over by men and society. It's not a bodice-ripper but a devastating social commentary.

Tess is a teenager who is taken advantage of by an older man - today they would call it "date rape," not to mention statutory rape - bears the man's child, and is shunned and judged and called a whore from then on. Later she leaves town and gets married, and when her husband finds out about her past, he leaves her in disgust, even though he's not a virgin either. In the end she snaps, kills her seducer, and ends up getting hanged. It's about hypocrisy, lack of empathy, abuse of power, and class snobbery. Rosekelleher (talk) 03:28, 19 March 2011 (UTC)


 * I don’t see the word “love” in your account of the story. Didn’t Tess love her parents and siblings? Didn’t she love her baby? Above all, didn’t she love Angel? --Hors-la-loi (talk) 08:23, 8 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Problem solved --Clifford Mill (talk) 13:38, 18 October 2015 (UTC)