Studied the movie this week and loved the part in a document that describes Cleo's awakening. "Aftering having rehearsed a song that scrutinizes women's total dependence on love ('I am an empty house without you...Alone, ugly,livid, without you'), the camera marks her new awareness by a slow zoom on her tragic expression while singing. Then the camera retreats abruptly and Cléo cries out her revolt against the image to which she is being reduced -- that of a woman alienated in love. She pulls off her wig and her feathered dressing gown, symbols of her femininity in masquerade , and leaves, wearing a simple black dress, alone for the first time." After rehearsing a song that examines a woman's complete reliance on love (Lyrics: I'm an empty house without you...lonely, ugly, blue-grey, without you), the camera slowly zooms in on her sad expression as she sings, signaling her new consciousness. Then the camera snaps back and Cleo speaks out against her relegated image - a woman alienated and isolated in love. She took off her wig and feathered dressing gown, a symbol of her femininity at the "masquerade ball," and left alone for the first time in a simple black dress.
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