From the author: The other day I watched the excellent film "The Devil's Advocate". I offer my opinion on this film. Let's scratch this work a little with the fingernail of psychoanalytic theory. They say that the author's neurosis can be determined by the plot. And I say that there is also the neurosis of the one who is looking for the neurosis of the author. Definitely, this is just my opinion. So I invite you to think critically with me. Interesting finds await us. Continuation of the article. It starts here....Kevin gets an unexpected leap in his career. The social and economic status of the family changes dramatically. For his wife Mary Ann, who worked intensively throughout her adult life, with great wealth, the need to work disappears. This is, to put it mildly, unusual for her. And along with the improvement of life, the “existential hole” inside it is exposed. Practice, fiction and life are replete with such examples. You can also look at it from a different angle, noticing that she has an addiction to work. And in the absence of employment, Mary Ann begins to “break down”, a severe “weekend syndrome” arises. She intensively tries to cope with this condition. And he uses it in a variety of ways that are standard for humans. She tries to plug the void with perfectionism in renovating her apartment, shopping, drinking, communicating with women of her social status, insistently demanding more attention from her husband, throwing scandals, trying to conceive a child, cheating and, finally, going into neurosis. My own practice shows that this It’s not such a rare occurrence when a couple in a bad relationship suddenly has hope that the birth of a child will definitely fix everything. And it comes as a big surprise to them that with the advent of a new family member, nothing improved on its own and everything only got worse. Our heroes were, to some extent, lucky. They have not encountered this facet of family life. Kevin was already fantasizing about another woman, even flirting with her. It’s not difficult to imagine what their life together would have turned into just a few months later, even before the birth of the child... In some ways they were lucky, but in others not so much. Mary Ann begins to have ideas and dreams about infertility. She reports that she was diagnosed with this by a doctor. But the matter is dark, because we didn’t see the doctor. And Mary Ann spoke about this after a symbolic nightmare. Maybe, indeed, the doctor said so. And then real infertility disrupts the attempt to globally fill the internal abyss. And this pushes Mary Ann to the next, steeper step...______________________________ Little Scheherazade. Further - tougher! To be continued a little later here.