... the film 'The Wait' is bold in its controversial depiction of a brief affair between a rural pastor's spouse, and a past lover with whom she had many years ago been intensely-involved (still is) ... Inka Kallen co-authoring a screenplay of merit but surely to be upsetting for many who regard the wife's actions as exceptionally-deplorable abusively-cruel-controlling, and her husband's blind-simpleminded... (yet very intuitive... were he have to gone-in-fists-flailing in that highly dramatic scene , it would've cost him her... playing-longer-game.. yet keeping YKW in back of pickup just-in-case)
... very well produced and acted, it should remain one of the classic examples of the cheating-wife-genre, along with many other much more well-known-established films... its slow-pacing and lack of more extensive dialogue may be off-putting for some, but all-in-all it is an exceptional work... every detail matters, saying more than just being part of scenery or props... ocean-swims... wardrobe... doorways... music/sounds... lighting (or lack thereof)... oversized-rock on-her-finger (highlighted so many scenes, s/b listed in the credits)... et al
... everyone only watching this film once misses opportunity of realizing its full weight-meaning-innuendos... and should you choose viewing it again, be sure to do it half-speed... double-time-viewing, yet many more times an experience
... Elli, Makko, Olavi, Liina too... these are all great characters, would have loved seeing them in a series-long-production (mini or longer) where their depth could be more explored... Odotus just a 101 minute introduction to their complicated-histories-personalities-lives... having been introduced, now leaving us all 'waiting' wanting for more.
