liked movie first told interesting story story told movie felt like condensed muchlonger story since book  pages makes sense spans time period s s fictional south american country also lot fit time available think would much better sixhour miniseries turned minute moviebr br even though rushed story skip much gets confusing told told fairly well one fault claras supernatural powers appear inconsistently either appeared evenly course movie left out two faults which could spoilers estebans eventual return goodness happens somewhat suddenly ferulas curse seems wear off even though tone story suggests endure foreverbr br the acting excellent glenn close tormented spinster ferula outstanding jeremy irons brutal selfmade rich man also excellent meryl streep main character clara great although often even better movie many wellperformed smaller roles too biggest fault movie seemed lack dialect coach actor seemed speak different sort accent