I've only seen the movie (whose screenplay was also written by Goldman), but I have to agree. I love the line Eleanor of Aquitaine gets: "What family doesn't have its problems?" I forget what particular bit of dynastic mayhem this follows, but I remember its impact as killer-funny and also strangely moving.
The movie (I've only seen the 1968 one, not the recent one) follows the play very closely.
I loved that line of Eleanor's as well. After she and Henry were arguing a while, she claims to have had slept with Henry's father in the past (when earlier she said she didn't) and she goes on and on about that until Henry gets nauseated and runs out. Then she says the line.
It was very touching. Throughout the play, and the acting in the movie, it shows that the characters care about each other and want to have a connection, but they simply cannot trust each other.
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I loved that line of Eleanor's as well. After she and Henry were arguing a while, she claims to have had slept with Henry's father in the past (when earlier she said she didn't) and she goes on and on about that until Henry gets nauseated and runs out. Then she says the line.
It was very touching. Throughout the play, and the acting in the movie, it shows that the characters care about each other and want to have a connection, but they simply cannot trust each other.
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