cloud of the past

Jean 2022-03-26 09:01:09

The first thing I felt after watching it was depression.

The quarrel that runs through often ends with repeated injuries. The people in this fragmented family are either too intense or ambiguous. It seems that starting from the embarrassing pick-up of the wife at the beginning, it heralds the stage of a whole big tragedy. .
There is revenge and hatred, and there is nameless sadness, there is quarrel and there is catharsis, and it seems to be connected and constantly involved.

Seeing the clasped hands at the end and the tears left by Samir's vegetative wife, I don't know if I want to see the two families come together or let everything in the past vanish.
In fact, neither of these can happen.

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The Past quotes

  • Lucie: Do you know why she fell in love with that jerk? Because he looked like you.

  • Fouad: Why don't they separate her from medical instruments?

    Samir: Because they don't know if she wants to live with them or die.

    Fouad: She wants to die.

    Samir: Why do you say that?

    Fouad: She wants to die. That's why she committed suicide!