Review of A Sense of History

"A sense of history" is a parody of the upper-class life in Britain. The film was directed by Mike Leigh and written and performed by Jim Broadbent in 1992. The movie tells about the life of the Earl of Leete. Since he was young he had a lot of responsibility, because he inherited 10000 hectares of land from his father. His childhood wasn't that good. He didn't go on well with his parents, and he killed his brother when he was 7 years young. He also killed his first wife and his two sons which had seen how he killed her. During the second World War, he said that he respected Adolf Hitler, because he brought up Germany and their economy from 0 to 100. With his second wife he had again two sons, and he seemed to be quite happy with the situation. The most pleasure for him was to be proud that he caught the bastards out of his land. My opinion of the movie is quite good. I liked the to learn something about his life and what happened. It shows us that we can have as much as we want, but our life can be hard an we have to fight all the time. Every person has his dark side and his secrets, but we have to learn to live with them. The past makes you what you are now. I think this film has to get a rate from 7/10 because the history isn't that usual and you don't see every day such a movie. I also liked it because it's a kind of a black comedy and it makes you thinking about it. I would recommend it to those people who like this kind of parody and who want to know more about the Earl of Leete.