moral victory

Reyes 2022-10-15 13:20:37

After experiencing the acquaintance, love, jealousy, suspicion and shaking of the first five moral stories, the last story finally walked into a happy marriage hall, and finally there is no endless vacation, and finally can see the French petty bourgeoisie Their more real lives, and finally put the concept of the middle class into the script.

So this final test is also the most difficult. The former lover triangle is different from the women who met or were introduced in the previous films. As soon as he appeared on the scene, he awakened the hidden part of the hero's heart, just like he had always imagined that if he hadn't married his wife, would he marry him on the street? Like what happened to these beauties, now, the opportunity has come. Slowly twisting, hard-to-find, and finally like a flood of beasts, Chloe, who takes off the disguise of morality, may be the smartest and most wise and the strongest ultimate boss in the six stories.

Fortunately, the philosopher-like moral thinking of the male protagonist saved everything. In fact, all the beauties in the world are just an extension of the beauty of my wife. Whenever I hug Helen, I hug all women. He didn't know that his painful afternoon lust, but he also saved men all over the world, from the dire straits of morality and responsibility.

Everything starts with the numbness and dullness of married life, the female shopping guide who recommends young and refreshing shirts, the female secretary who wears a short skirt and bends over to pour tea, and the female nanny who walks around naked in her house, all teasing the male protagonist. To fulfill his fantasy of something with them. However, it was the ordinary life that finally defeated him and let him flee. This time, it was just the sweater that was put on his head to tease the children. At the last moment of compromise, he stubbornly refused to be taken off by the male protagonist, as if his morality was the last struggle.

The male protagonist's preference for blue, the director's inattentiveness to the set, and the appearance of the heroine in the first five stories representing women from all over the world make this finale look less like a movie, but like what every man has in his heart. There have been afternoon fantasies, and some people have been defeated. Rohmer is here to awaken reason and let morality triumph.

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Love in the Afternoon quotes

  • Frédéric: I think some element of mystery is essential for people who live together.

  • Chloé: You make me laugh. You really do. Why this insistence on proving you love your wife? If you don't love her, or less than at first, it's not a catastrophe. It's normal. It's normal not to want to always be tied to the same person. Marriage makes less and less sense these days.

    Frédéric: I don't love her because she's my wife. I love her because of who she is. I'd love her even if we weren't married.

    Chloé: No. You love her - if you really do - because you're supposed to. I couldn't stand being loved like that. But then I'm an exception. I won't accept compromises.