Romance in the ordinary

Beulah 2022-01-20 08:01:44

The film tells the love story of two ordinary people. The background is winter, and there seems to be no good weather from beginning to end, either rain or fog, the whole tone is gray and cool. Director LELOUCH said that the weather is an important part of the film, and the cold must be emphasized, because the colder, the more warm people need.

The beginning of the story is also quite plain. In the daily encounter of a man and a woman, everyone is polite, estrus and stop at courtesy. Although they have good feelings for each other, they hold gifts.

This faint melancholy feeling was broken when ANNE sent a telegram to JEAN-LOUIS saying "Je vous aime" (note that it was je vous aime, not je t'aime). It lasted five days and it took more than 5,000 trips. The JEAN-LOUIS of the kilometer Monte Carlo Rally, changed the stability of the middle-aged man, trotting happily like a young man in the hotel corridor. Immediately drove more than a thousand kilometers from Monte Carlo back to Paris that night, just to see ANNE in the morning. What a romance this is!

This plot reminds me of the experience of a French friend of mine. At that time he was still a young single noble, a typical French petty bourgeoisie. He was gentle and so steady that he was almost a little stupid. Anyway, he could never imagine what passion he could have. However, one day in a small chat he mentioned a Swiss girlfriend he had had, and he actually drove from Paris to Switzerland every weekend to visit. I couldn't help but admire him, I didn't expect that there could be such agitated emotions under this calm surface.

This film is the same, it tells a true romantic story that is seemingly plain.

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A Man and a Woman quotes

  • Jean-Louis Duroc: Some Sundays start well and end badly. It's hard to believe- It's crazy to refuse happiness. If I had to go through this again, What would I do? Is there anything else I could do? To see her for months on end as a pal. What happens? You end up being pals, maybe. She wired, 'I love you.' Admit it boy, you just don't understand women.