[IN SECRET
opens in Cleveland on Friday February 21st exclusively at the Cedar
Lee Theatre.]
Review by Bob
Ignizio
Although set in late 1800s France, it
would be fairly easy to rework IN SECRET
(based on the novel Thérèse
Raquin
by Emille Zola) for contemporary times with just a little tweaking.
Granted, people these days aren't likely to wind up in arranged
marriages to their first cousins, but aside from small details like
that the basic story is timeless: A pretty young woman stuck in a
loveless marriage to an unpleasant schlub finds solace in the arms of
the far more attractive friend of her husband. Inevitably the lovers
plot do away with the man standing in the way of their happiness, but
as they learn, murder seldom has a happy ending.
IN
SECRET
begins in almost Dickensian fashion as Therese (Elizabeth Olsen) is
sent to live with her Aunt, the Madame Raquin (Jessica Lange) and
sickly cousin Camille (Tom Felton) in their gloomy, joyless home.
Even sunny outdoor scenes have a gray cast to them, and the future
looms even darker for Therese when she learns that she is to be
married off to her Camille.
