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soFem:
Naomi, one of the most important recurring themes in the film is the absence of communication in relationships in the 30s. Do you think that's still relevant today, even in an age of mobile phones and BlackBerries?    

Naomi:
What a beautiful question! Indeed, isn’t it ironic that we are all contactable instantly via email, cell phones and blackberries but that somehow we still don’t listen to each other? That was part of the attraction of the film for me. I play somebody who thinks quite highly of herself, who thinks she is a well expressed and a well accomplished person but who finds out she's not at all - that couldn't be further from the truth. She's totally out of touch with herself and others. And when she realises that she has this massive crisis.

Walter and Kitty have so much anger towards one other and this is what stops them from communicating. Real life is the same: sometimes blindness separates us from each other. It's just as if there is like a painted veil there in front of you and we have to lift the veil so that we can see each other with truth, with compassion, with understanding and love. It sometimes takes a journey like the one Walter and Kitty embark upon on to find the love in each other, and as they discover, when you eventually find love it’s so much deeper.