Review by Alfonso De Elias

Photo Courtesy Roadside Attractions

Based on Émile Zola’s scandalous novel, Thérèse Raquin, IN SECRET is a tale of obsessive love, adultery and revenge set in the lower depths of 1860s Paris. Therese (Elizabeth Olsen of “Martha Marcy May Marlene”), a sexually repressed beautiful young woman, is trapped into a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille (Tom Felton of the “Harry Potter” franchise), by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin (two-time Academy Award winner Jessica Lange). Therese spends her days confined behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching Madame plays dominos with an eclectic group. After she meets her husband’s alluring childhood friend, Laurent (Oscar Isaac of “Inside Llewyn Davis”), she embarks on an illicit affair that leads to tragic consequences

From the Director Charlie Stratton and a well structured modern adaptation full of impact consequences of the characters actions. It has moral and murderous path and the landscapes are full of visibility and colors of nature, the photography has good contrasts of light fixture. Music is really deep that comes from a classical orchestra of the time. Only this marriage doesn’t contain any love between the main characters. So love is secretly ‘in-love-couple’ and a plan against one of the involved characters will be a disastrous.