Sorry, the mother of Marianne would not have allowed that kind of inter generational violence to continue. If her husband beat her in front of her son , to let the son continue the abuse WITH the daughter is just not NOT likely.

The acting is off the charts, in fact I dont think I have seen that kind of acting between two people ever. I think it was one camera and one cameraman in a room and just the two actors, to get that kind of intimacy.

Maybe Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie in "Dont look Now" caught lightning in a bottle but it was very brief.

Beautiful photography, amazing rendition of an important book. There is a lot of subtext in "Normal People". I think Sally Rooney is a once in a generation voice, like Austen, Dickens, Graham Green, she is nailing the zeitgeist of a rocky epoch.

WARNING if you are in a sticky place emotionally or if you have ever had a relationship disintegrate that shouldn't have done. Do not watch this, it will bring back heartaches you thought you had dealt with. It will stay with you for weeks/months.