At the end of the film, Delfini and the boy were sitting on the top of the mountain watching the sunset. The boy said, can you stay with me for a few more days? Delfini looked shyly at him and told him to wait, the boy asked what? She said nothing, just wait. Of course we all know she's waiting for the green light, this Capricorn girl, like many French girls, believes in Magic and Sign, and when she sees a poker card dropped on the road, she turns it over to see the pattern on the front. So she would listen to the story about Verne's "Green Light" told by the four old ladies by the sea, and she would cry with joy at seeing the last rays of light.
Of all the rambling movies of Hommeroli, Green Light is my favorite. Because it's that simple, clean, and pure, like snow-white laundry detergent from my blue plastic bottle filled with snow-white foam in the washing machine.
In "Green Light", Delphine, pale, slender, with a little messy black curly hair, made an appointment with a friend to go to Greece for a vacation, but was temporarily put on a pigeon, and had to spend a long vacation alone. She hurriedly walked from here to there in flat sandals, from her sister's house to a friend's house, from Paris to the suburbs, from the city to the sea. She nervously discussed with her friends why she was a vegetarian, why she was alone, and why she didn't take the initiative to find another person. Her girlfriend persuaded her to find a new male partner as soon as possible. Between the talk, Delfini was a little annoyed.
- "I'm fine, I'm a little lonely, but there must be someone in my life. Even, now I can't see him."
Delphine is the kind of sensitive and vulnerable girl you know at a glance, speaking She kept brushing her hair with her hands, twisting her upper body constantly. When she laughed happily, she could cry right away. When everyone was chatting happily, she could stand up and turn away. Looking at it, you will think, why is she so rude, always crying for no reason. But I was moved when I heard her say to the Swedish girl, I have nothing to show. Such a girl is frankly distressing, she doesn't play tricks, she doesn't pretend to be naive, and she doesn't even throw a wink. Talking to the boy is either tense without stopping and telling the whole story, or stern face and stubbornly silent.
But who doesn't have such a moment, wants to go on vacation and can't find a partner for a while, and is afraid of being lonely when going alone, friends tell you that you will meet other people on the journey, but what do you use to meet them? A friend asked Delfini if you didn't spend your vacation alone? Delphine said, spent, a man has been to Nice. But I didn't meet anyone, not one.
Yes, on the surface, Defenni seems passive and stubborn, lonely and longing for love but not actively seeking it out. After a few chats, he walked away immediately. Her friend said, "You can't find anyone with this attitude. If I were you, I would get along with him, no big deal." Delfini said, we are not the same, I am not you.
But these lack of initiative and pursuit happened to reflect her inner firmness. Maybe she didn't know what she wanted, but she definitely knew what she didn't want. Not everyone has the courage to say no to things or things that don't suit them or that they don't want. Delfini always expresses her views in black and white. She may be nervous and a little nervous when she expresses it, but at least she is loyal to herself. She would rather be alone than find someone to fill the loneliness. It's like Celine in "Before Sunset", she sat in the car and told Jessie that it's better to be alone than to be alone with two people.
Most people in this world are proud of having many friends, and they are very busy at parties and dinners. How many people can stick to their emotions, uncompromising, waiting patiently until the best is yet to come, instead of finding someone to fill the gap and make their life look less monotonous. This real world needs some unrealistic people, they may be a little paranoid, a little stubborn, not very active and always nervous and shy, but it is these fragile and sensitive people who can make them feel inexplicably sad as if a gust of wind can make this world Instantly poetic, just for a few seconds, it makes you feel that the world is not realistic and hopeless.
Is the boy who finally sat next to Delfini watching the sunset with her the one she was waiting for? Rohmer didn't tell us, and didn't need to tell us. He babbled for 90 minutes and was about to stop.
Of all the movies I've seen about waiting, Rohmer's is the most moving.
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