Esther Perel looks at Away from Her (Sarah Polley, 2006) and Newness (Drake Doremus, 2017) and talks about infidelity and the difference between loyalty and faithfulness. She discusses the various outcomes after cheating.
“In America you can be divorced three times and no one will bat an eyelid. But one transgression, such as infidelity or doing something that’s out of bounds and you’ll be seen as unfaithful forever.”
“For so many years divorce was the big shame. Today, divorce has been normalized, but if you stay after an infidelity when you could leave, that’s the new shame. Infidelity is the greatest deceit these days. More than other forms of deceit in relationships.”
“There is one taboo that is universally condemned, yet universally practiced, and that is adultery.”
Interviewer: Janine Abbring
This clip is an edited segment from the renowned Dutch 3-hour interview program VPRO Zomergasten (Summer Residents) and part of a playlist that contains an edited version of the interview, without the movie clips, which we cannot show online due to copyrights: • Esther Perel Interview...
VPRO Zomergasten is a staple interview program in the Netherlands, produced by the Dutch public broadcasting station VPRO. Each summer 6 renowned guests are invited to compose their ideal evening of television, filling up an entire Sunday evening, consisting of a 3-hour live in-depth studio interview prompted by their selection of cinema and television clips or any other form of moving images, which run like a thread through the entire interview.
Esther Perel was a guest in the summer of 2018. She selected clips from the following movies, television history, documentary films and interviews: I, Tonya; Salvador Minuchin; My Architect; Before Midnight; The {The And}; Bill Clinton; Elisabeth Badinter; Shoah; Mr. Gaga; A Walk on the Moon; Away from Her; Newness; Call Me by Your Name.
30 сен 2024
