Disc 1, Polarities, Man from Mars

From the series "The Atwood Stories (DVD)"

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Polarities
A cynical young American in his early 30's takes a teaching job at a small university in the Canadian north. He engages in a guarded, undefined relationship with an intense female graduate student who inhabits an idiosyncratic but functional reality. As her state of mind deteriorates, their involvment moves from disengagement through an emotional opening up, then a passionate connection, and finally into a sad and reluctant betrayal.

The Man from Mars
In the water Christine feels beautiful, weightless, free. On land, she is a plain 'big boned' girl in a family of slender beauties. One day, an imporverished Asian exchange student speaking almost no English insinuates himself into her life. The world starts seeing her differently, and she actually begins to feel attractive. But when the harmlessness of this odd young man's behaviour is called into question, the police become involved and Christine is ultimately forced to make a difficult choice.