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Charles Crossley: Marriage in an aboriginal society is different to what it is here. Oh, yes, it's true. If a young man wants a girl for his wife, he steals some trivial possession from her, casts a spell over it, and then she finds him irresistible.
Rachel Fielding: And does it last?
Charles Crossley: Until death. Or until the husband leaves. Or until he deliberately relaxes the magic
Rachel Fielding: And does it last?
Charles Crossley: Until death. Or until the husband leaves. Or until he deliberately relaxes the magic
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Marriage in an aboriginal society
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is different to what it is here
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Oh yes it's true
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If a young man wants a girl for his wife
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He steals some trivial possession from her
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Casts a spell over it
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and then she finds him irresistible
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And does it last
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Until death
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Or until the husband leaves
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Or until he deliberately relaxes the magic
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Movie Summary
A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.