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The only show I have seen in my life that has kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. A MUST watch.

I highly recommend thinking over this movie “Newness”. It is emotionally stimulating, bringing out emotions that I may not want to deal with because it touches on sensitive issues. It is mentally stimulating because it makes me think of other reasons why “newness” works only temporarily. It is physically stimulating, as the sex scenes are realistic. Was expecting this to be bad or be just a cheap sexy show. But found it super intriguing because it deals realistically with our misconceptions of relationships, and it makes us look at emotional growth and maturity. It also shows the psychology behind what is takes for us to feel safe enough to love and be loved. For all those of us who came from a family built on solid love and goodness will see the goodness in a relationship that is transparent, honest, committed, forgiving and most of all always pursuing the truth about love. Mistakes will be made… communication is vital… marriages and relationships are not always fun…. intimacy creates frictions where differences are magnified. But a firm consistent relationship is deeply satisfying. Such relationships are our stronghold in times of hardships and trials. For all of those us who came from our parents’ broken marriages and want something different will be lost and may make many more mistakes. We have to make the choices between exploring where no one has been to before (like pursue “newness”) OR we can decide to take the tested path and see the goodness in “boringness” (and pursue the truth about love.) This movie will be rated badly by a younger person who has never been deeply serious in a relationship; or by a person who does not want to deal with the emotional difficulties of relationships; or by a person who has never suffered the huge range of emotions and deep hurts of betrayal. In the end, life is about making conscious choices and there is always two sides to a coin! Nothing is gain without pain! Relationship takes commitment. Real love does not give up! Real love is not temporary. And to know love, requires us to deal with our brokenness and be free to truly feel again!

A pianist, a person with music in her soul was not allowed to play the piano. A soul seeking for righteousness, sacrificed herself to be a nun was told that she was not ever good enough. A “mistake” not a fault of hers haunted her and corrupted her vision of herself. With a little help of a dirty policeman, her own guilt and her own misjudgment, she was made to keep herself in filth and disgrace, rather than to accept forgiveness and the grace that was offered to her. Her fight for survival and her stubborn perseverance to live and her continuous work on doing what she thought was the the best for herself, she deserves to be remembered. This movie touched me in some special ways. It made me question our choices in life, the fear for mistakes and breaking laws, what is right and wrong, forgiveness from others and from ourselves, why we make our choices, our desires to be honest and good, our needs to be loved and cared for even when we deem ourselves “bad” and the need for human touch and connection. What is life all about? What is keeping us from being more? What is the valued of our lives?