"Tomorrow" is a film based on a short story by William Faulkner, which he published back in 1940. The film is quite unusual, as it's filmed in black & white (HIGHLY unusual for 1972) and features almost no incidental music. Because of this and the VERY subdued acting, the film is stark and certainly NOT for all tastes.
The story, like a typical Faulker story, is set in the rural south. Jackson (Robert Duvall) is a lonely guy who lives on his own. However, one Christmas Eve, he finds a pregnant woman near his cabin and he takes her in and cares for her. He repeatedly asks her to marry him after she recovers for exposure...but she refuses, saying she's already married...though her husband had abandoned her when he learned she was pregnant. Eventually, after the baby arrives, she agrees to marry him...mostly because she's ill and assumes she won't live much longer...and she wants Jackson to raise the child. What's next? Well...it's tragic...and you'll just have to see it for yourself....provided it's the type film you'd watch in the first place.
It's obvious this film was a labor of love, as it doesn't seem the least bit marketable or cinematic. But if you are patient and don't mind the slow pace and style, the film is worth seeing. A highly unusual change of pace for Duvall, that's for sure.
The story, like a typical Faulker story, is set in the rural south. Jackson (Robert Duvall) is a lonely guy who lives on his own. However, one Christmas Eve, he finds a pregnant woman near his cabin and he takes her in and cares for her. He repeatedly asks her to marry him after she recovers for exposure...but she refuses, saying she's already married...though her husband had abandoned her when he learned she was pregnant. Eventually, after the baby arrives, she agrees to marry him...mostly because she's ill and assumes she won't live much longer...and she wants Jackson to raise the child. What's next? Well...it's tragic...and you'll just have to see it for yourself....provided it's the type film you'd watch in the first place.
It's obvious this film was a labor of love, as it doesn't seem the least bit marketable or cinematic. But if you are patient and don't mind the slow pace and style, the film is worth seeing. A highly unusual change of pace for Duvall, that's for sure.