Thus Boesman and Lena take on a touch of a newly resolved couple walking into the dawn of a new life, which was not Fugard's intent. On the whole, however, the play is wellflexed for the screen. And the film is crowned with a paradox. Its cinematic being is enhanced by its original theater conception. Two people arrive at a place, rest, confront their existence, then continue.
Life flows, eddies for a moment, then flows on.
It is a masterpiece. Parables and Prizes James Wood on J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace .