so different to most film . this one really do allow the viewer to suspend disbelief . bogarde be young here and his performance be typical if not brilliant . the film be steal by the child actor and the director all of whom make wonderful impression . a weird one parent family then the mother die . so closely knit be they all and so brainwashed with religious belief and that the child decide to lock themselves away from the world . then the estranged husband appear with disastrous consequence . even the end be excellent .