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Joelle 2022-02-07 14:50:11
The story of four students (three boys and one girl) in a boarding school in a small town in the south of France in the 1960s. In addition to the restlessness of adolescence, the bewilderment and desire for sex, there are political, racial, and familial factors that influence their relationship. Youth is like a sunny day, but also turbulent like a storm. At the end, the four young people meet to go swimming by the river, and put aside the things that bother them. The youth, who is as fragile as a reed but tough, has learned to be strong in growth. The director gave the most poetic description of the growth of youth.
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Kelvin 2022-03-19 09:01:09
Four and a half stars. The summer of desire, randomness, passion, turmoil, the moment when life bursts, the ambiguous and beautiful eternal moment. Never forget.
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Athena 2022-02-07 14:50:11
Kaiser/Louis Deluc Award for Best Picture. 1. Plain and simple, quiet and leisurely, apart from the innocence and confusion that must be found in youth, the issues of sexual orientation and the identity of the left and right are also explained in a gentle rhythm. 2. La Fontaine [oak tree and wild reed] pointed out the title: I am able to bend, the wind will not break, transcend the pain, and continue to live. 3. Ending with a 360-degree slow pan and a threesome, there are too many other dimensions in life besides politics. (8.5/10)
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François Forestier: I'm like you, I'm queer, but I haven't met my soul-mate yet. I met someone who doesn't want me. I should give up. That would be smarter. But I'm not smart. I have no chance, but I can't give up. I don't get discouraged. We made love once. Just once. In the beginning. He doesn't want to anymore. Since then I'm like a thief. I steal brief moments... Once I held him tight on my bike. Another time, I slept near him. You have experience. Only you can help me. At my age, did this happen to you? When you liked a boy, what did you do? How did it work?
Monsieur Cassagne: Listen... It was so long ago... I don't want to disappoint you, but I've forgotten. I'm sorry. I have a client waiting. I have to go.
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Monsieur Morelli: Tonight I'm talking into thin air. You're not listening. Let's just stop.
Henri Mariani: I'm sorry. It's this morning's news. They gave Salan life imprisonment. You don't care? He wanted to save us, and he was crushed and humiliated.
Monsieur Morelli: Get some sleep, Mariani. You need it. We'll try again tomorrow.
Henri Mariani: Tell me what you think. I need to know.
Monsieur Morelli: I don't know what I think. But I understand your anger.