She takes the money of the illiterate people, but doesn't mail their correspondence. Life is hard, she seems to believe, and to survive, you have to be harder. For her it is a journey into the mysterious places of the heart. Certainly it was the least glamorous role to be so honored in many years, and its greatness lies in its simplicity. On Monetenegro's plain, worn face and in her sad, brown eyes, we see the cynical, cold-hearted woman slowly being warmed and redeemed by love and goodness.
Reporters ask questions, and people give answers.
It sounds so simple, but it isn't. The parade of names is striking. She has talked to the Dalai Lama and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, to Mel Brooks and Benazir Bhutto, to General John Shalikashvili and Toni Morrison. Dreifus is a veteran journalist and has an uncanny way of getting people to open up about themselves.