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Memoirs of a Survivor (David Gladwell, 1981)

Apr

20

Easter Sunday

Memoirs of a Survivor (1981)

A Victorian family, all dressed in white, marvel at an enormous egg in an ornate room. DP: Walter Lassally.

Eggs for Easter Sunday.

“The walls of the room seemed to hold stories untold, whispering in the quiet.”

– Doris Lessing, The Memoirs of a Survivor (1974)

In a dystopian Britain, D (Julie Christie) survives while taking care of a sullen teenage girl, and visiting a mirage behind the walls.