Antonia's Line

Antonia's Line was quite different from the films we have been watching thus far. This movie created a different way of living in the village. There were definetly aspects of Utopia in the village. Antonia was able to live with her daughter, Danielle, without having a husband. Danielle could also raise a child without a father. Two women are able to have a relationship together in this town. Crooked Finger freely expressed his opinions and beliefs without being afraid of the consequences for doing so. Althought there were moments of Utopia, there was also dystopia. The character Pitte definetly destroyed the Utopia in the village by raping Deedee and Therese. Mad Madonna and the Protestant are not able to be in a relationship. Not everyone in the town got along, hence the death of Pitte. Crooked Finger also hung himself. In a Utopia, I feel like these events would not occur.
There were also many relationships in the film. Most of the time, when the characters lost their virginity, it was not with the person they would spend the rest of their lives with, but they would find their true love later in life. Antonia lost her husband, and I presume that she loved Farmer Bas more than she loved the father of Danielle. Danielle sleeps with a man to have a child, but she does not even know him. She later finds her true love with Therese's teacher. Deedee is raped by Pitte and she marries Looney Lips later in the film. Therese is also raped by Pitte and sleeps with one of her students and another man, but finds her "soul mate" is Simon.
As opposed to the Cavell films, this movie shows many children in it. Letta has thirteen children, but one dies. Antonia has a daughter. Danielle has a daughter. Therese and Simon have a daughter. Deedee and Looney Lips have at least one child together. The movie revolves around producing children, but not necessarily marrying the person they had children with. Marriage is not the important thing in this village, like it was in the Cavell films. Children, not marriage, is what makes the village keep on living.