Sisterhood, stand out

Edgardo 2021-12-19 08:01:18

By an unexpected opportunity, I saw this film in the small art theater in Essen. The intimacy brought by the movie itself is just like that of a theater the size of a living room.
This film has a special new wave taste, not only because of the plain black and white tones, the continuous editing of those long shots and chasing dancers, but also because of the story itself, a particularly simple, optimistic, and ordinary "two" girl is constantly in trouble. Ordinary life.
She was in the big city of New York, but she was in financial and friendship crisis. I moved a few times, did not have the money to pay the rent, borrowed from an unfamiliar friend, talked nonsense at a colleague's house, and finally had to move into the student dormitory and huddle with the "children".
In New York, she has nothing that really belongs to her, friends, house, dance. But she can still generously invite the boy to dinner after receiving the tax refund form. I am happily crossing the road while dancing in circles (dangerous movements, please do not imitate).
27-year-old Frances, love and marriage are not as important to her as a good friend. She still hopes to live with or be with her close friends. And being a dancer is much more important than making a lot of money. These extravagant hopes made her sad for a while, but it didn't affect her. Later, she partially compromised with reality and continued to dream. Best friend Sophie got married, moved to Tokyo, and led a high-end "normal life", but Frances was learning to answer the phone and talk with clients, but was turned away by the dance teacher. But the lovely difference between her and the "Diao Si" we often say is that she is still humorous and friendly, compassionate, poor and lacking in love, and did not make her an angry and inferior person.
In the saddest time, during the so-called "Paris trip", she would still joke about herself, "Do you remember me? I am the girl with pimples, oh yes, now a little more.
To some extent, Sophie and Frances are more like two sides of a person. On the one hand, they want to be successful and respected, doing the "things to do" at the age of 27; Like a child. When someone asks "what have you been doing lately", you can openly say that you haven't done anything. Sophie later admitted that when he competed in Frances, he was actually competing with himself. When a person's two selves fight each other, do they conform to their own heart, or conform to certain values ​​and "do what should be done". This is also a situation that each of us often faces. When we reach a certain age, the age to marry, the age to have children, the age to become a master, the age to receive pensions and listen to the radio. Are those really things we "should" do? Right or wrong has no value in arguing, but with Frances, I see that when a person doesn't mind other people's strange eyes, she will live a lot easier.
Among the many movies describing "brotherhood", "Frances Ha" stands out with its sincere warmth and subtle sisterhood. On this basis, this film will also be an important segment in the history of film.

What's also interesting is that the heroine's appearance and personality are very similar to an American roommate of mine in the past. The time living with a very second optimist is especially nostalgic.

View more about Frances Ha reviews

Extended Reading

Frances Ha quotes

  • Frances: I put my ring on my thumb and I'm having trouble getting it off.

    Sophie: Hold your hand above your head. I'll drain the blood out.

    Frances: I look like I'm asking a *question*.

  • Lev Shapiro: Just because you bought dinner doesn't mean I'm gonna sleep with you.

    Frances: I'm not trying to sleep with you.

    Lev Shapiro: No, I was pretending to be a liberated woman.