In Gender perspective

Rating: 8/10 (7 May 2020)

The couple in this movie tries like every other couple to not to become one of those whom they saw when growing up. To not to repeat the same mistakes. That how due to family responsibilities they denied their own self Identity and failed to live the life beyond the borders of their gender roles. Kate Winslet in this movie wanted her husband to pursue things he was passionate about, to see life to feel alive. As a women she did see herself and people around her going through these phases of repressing their talents to fit in and lead a normal life. When a women grows up, experiences around really affects the way she would think and feel about relationships and people, and to protect their vurnerablity they tend develop different thinking through their experiences. Which actually resulted her to have less concern towards fulfilling her Gender roles. Her love for her husband convinces him to take it up see it as a good for their marriage to keep it alive and to bring change for the better. As they challenge gender roles and take up a step ahead to go on with the plan to move to Paris. People around them starts to comment about their choice they made, but still their bonding is strong that they hold on to it. Since they challenged gender roles, to go Paris and Leo to experience to feel alive there, where Kate will be working. This is about switching the gender roles to overcome the stereotype and support each other. In this brave step their gender identity itself becomes their weak point stopping them to go Paris as Kate becomes pregnant and Leo's man ego stop him to quit his job completely. When kate actually realises this situation, it just made her feel all alone in this choice. Which just made her feel to think her pregnancy acted as a bar for them to go to Paris and she tries to abort herself. In the end can we say that to define a relationship or marriage is it just the way of limiting ourselves to fit in around people and societal expectations or trying to overcome the gender stereotype but supporting each other's dreams and desires remines to be answered yet.