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It is Achilles who hides a secret. He is always reluctant to anyone, even the children who are close to him, to go near his seaside rustic cabin. The following night, Mrs. Forbes plunges into the ocean and arrives swimming to Aquiles's house. She enters secretly only to find Aquiles naked in the company of a male lover.
Mrs. Forbes, a German governess, is hired for six weeks to take care of two children, while their parents are away. She is authoritarian and repressive, so the children plan to murder her. But when they spy on her during the night, they discover Mrs. Forbes' secret.
The Summer of Miss Forbes is a 1988 Mexican film directed by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, starring Hanna Schygulla and Francisco Gattorno. It is based on a short story written by Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez in 1976 and published in 1992 as part of his collection of short stories titled Doce Cuentos Peregrinos .
The brothers poison the tequila and the next morning, waking up late and not seeing Mrs. Forbes around, they believe that their plan has been a success. The children cheerfully celebrate their regain freedom going scuba diving on their own. At their return, the beach house is in turmoil. Mrs. Forbes has been killed, stabbed many times.
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The Summer of Miss Forbes. Audience Score. 50. NR 1 hr 25 min Drama. Mrs. Forbes, a German governess, is hired for six weeks to take care of two children, while their parents are away. She is ...
When we came back to the house in the afternoon, we found an enormous sea serpent nailed by the neck to the door frame. Source: Márquez, Gabriel García “Miss Forbes’s Summer of Happiness.”. In: Strange Pilgrims. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. Alfred A. Knopf 1993 and Penguin 1994.
