Divorce His - Divorce Hers (1973)
1973 · Feature film · 74 min · dir. Waris Hussein
- Drama
Synopsis
A two-part film, actually two concurrent stories, that reveals the dissolution of an 18-year marriage from two points of view. The stories are set in Rome, where the wealthy Martin and Jane Reynolds (Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor) meet by chance after a two-year separation. In the first of the two stories, Martin has returned to Rome on business, representing an African managerial firm. Martin remembers his marriage as a rather sado-masochistic union. Part two examines the marriage from…
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Details
- Director
- Waris Hussein
- Writer
- John Hopkins
- Released
- 1973-01-01
- Running time
- 74 minutes
Cast & crew
Waris Hussein Director
Richard Burton
Elizabeth Taylor
Barry Foster
Gabriele Ferzetti
Thomas Baptiste
Ronald Radd
Rudolph Walker
Mark Colleano
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · The Play Doesn't End Correctly · John Durham · 2020-03-22
Elizabeth didn't value her husband's association with the multi-national. As the play goes on it becomes clear that Burton is actually performing a great service for the people of the African Nation he now works for. The play ends without Elizabeth ever understanding what a Hero Burton has become. To take the position Burton was taking would put one's life as risk in the real world or lead to "Regime Change". It is entirely unsatisfactory that Elizabeth makes Her Divorce decision outside of having knowledge of the deeper meaning of Burton's work. The Director should have caught this. The…
★★★ · Liz n Dick · MPDMedia · 2019-03-24
Sure, it's a bad movie, but it stars the coolest celeb couple of their era. Taylor's many chic outfits are a plus. Best watched in increments. Only fly in the ointment is Carrie Nye as 'the other woman'; hard to believe -this- is who Dick leaves our Liz for; how much better someone like Rosalind Cash or Jennifer Warren would've been.
★ · Agree with MING! · amanandamouse · 2014-03-19
43 minutes into Divorce His I had to turn this talky, drawn out part (one) off. I didn't notice characterization or even plot in that time. Watch 'Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?' instead.
★ · Like watching concrete set · MING!FILM · 2009-08-05
Bought this for $1 at Target. Apart from the cool look at the dated clothing and the somewhat sophisticated settings, the film is a tedious recollection of an ill-advised marriage breaking down. He's a repressed jerk and she's a full-blown neurotic. And that's followed by a couple hours of bickering. Go rent "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf" instead.
