Nothing, however, is as straightforward as it seems in The Beguiled, not even its perversities. Take, for example, the lovely opening sequence in which a little, 12-year-old girl comes upon the body of the soldier in the forest. She is, at first, frozen with fear.
And nearly a quarter of married couples and almost half of unmarried retirees rely on Social Security payments for at least 90% of income. With an average monthly Social Security check of around $1,230 per month, seniors are receiving average annual payments that total just $14,760 a year.
To compare to the US average income: Â£338 translates to Â£17,576 per annum and roughly to $25,440 per annum in US$. Research from Prudential in the UK has found that men planning to retire in 2013 are due to receive an average retirement income of Â£18,250 per annum - up from Â£18,000 in 2012.