aving the market during a slow dancing at a formal affair. The married Clifton, at first reluctant to have any sexual relationship with Almasy, laterfinds herself unable to resist temptation and soon falls in love with the obsessed Almasy. The handsome Almasy shows his love towards Clifton in many ways including walkingfor days across the deserts of Cairo hoping to find a doctor who can save the woundedClifton. The film extrapolates on their relationship by showing numerous sexualinteractions between the two. The love scenes displayed are intense and intellectualrather than explicit. This was done in order to allow the entire audience to benefit fromits beauty rather than be offended.Perhaps the most dramatic of these scenes takes place on Christmas in Cairo inthe courtyard of the British Embassy. This scene was extremely significant, and perhapseven climatic, as we see Almasy and Katherine Clifton passionately sexually interact forthe second time. The scene commences when the screen shows the British soldierssitting at a long table in an open courtyard. Katherine walks over to a window on one ofthe walls. This window isn't made of glass, but rather possesses metal bars. Inside theEmbassy, on the other side of the window is Count Almasy. The camera pans asKatherine walks over to the window at which point Almasy tells Katherine of his plan toget her alone. The camera cuts back and forth between the two. At this point, a telephotolens is used to concentrate the viewers' attention on Katherine and Almasy and theirdialogue rather than on the background events taking place. Music from an orquestra isheard. The music is soft and displays a happy theme as the soldiers celebrate thebirthday of Jesus Christ The bars on the window are also extremely significant as theyare representative of a force keeping Katherine and Almasy away from each other. Almasy stands behind the window with a shadow casted on his head from metal bars. The b...
