A Time to Die story
Yves Drouard is busy trying to keep his wife and young mistress happy. Things become further complicated when his mistress tells him she is pregnant. Directed by: Paul Annett. Story by: Aileen Wheeler.
11 total · 8 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| divorce | major | Yves was talking about divorcing his infertile wife but she refused and wanted a separation instead. |
| extramarital affair | major | Both spouses in the story were having affairs. |
| husband and wife | major | Yves was having an affair behind his wife Marthe's back. |
| infatuation | major | Yves Drouard and his paramour Violette Charbonneau. |
| personal ethical dilemma | major | Yves in choosing between mistress and baby on one hand, and sordid acts to get out of his marriage on the other. |
| poetic justice | major | Yves was blown to smithereens by the very explosion he had meant for his unfaithful wife. |
| spouse murder | major | Yves plotted to blow his wife up and make it seem like a gas failure. |
| the desire to have children | major | Yves wanted to have children but his wife was infertile. Violette's desperate desire to have Yves child was fulfilled when she got pregnant after surreptitiously stopped taking her birth control pills. |
| forced fatherhood | minor | Yves' mistress, Violette, intentionally became pregnant against his will. |
| having a baby out of wedlock | minor | We are led to believe that Marthe's father would severely disapprove of her having a baby while not married. |