Summer youth and steering wheel

Hank 2022-09-12 14:55:32

The story of summer is the spring dreams and repeated pursuits in the minds of boys and girls. Young love is so vigorous but nothing is achieved. At the time, it seemed that the frustrated time was always wasted. make people blush

The image of the car cannot be ignored in watching the movie. The car seems to represent freedom, and the young men and women on the blue seaside can be imagined from the car window. Whenever the two women holding the steering wheel in Rohmer's shot are always in a dominant position, no matter what their love relationship with the male protagonist is, they are far more free than a man and another pretentious female protagonist.

Lonely, the male protagonist's deliberate self-esteem from childhood made him unable to control the sudden favor. At the same time, his clumsy attempt to deal with the truth honestly made him indecisive. It seems that honesty and bravery cannot have both under the theme of love. Yes, being honest with your own feelings seems to mean that you cannot make a brave decision. The contradictions of human emotions have become extraordinarily wonderful in this summer in southern France.

This is also where I have deep empathy. The same persistence as the male protagonist and the most real desire to face myself is also the reason for my tragic romance. I can’t agree with the kind of long waiting, people accompany them to old age To endure the shortcomings of the other party, to suppress one's desire to have sex with an old and beautiful partner, all these "love proofs" and "love stories" praised by society, in my opinion, are all disloyal to oneself, just common sanctimonious and hypocritical middle class class trash

But here in Bresson, no matter the frustration or passivity of life, only the brave can have freedom. This is the story of his summer

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A Summer's Tale quotes

  • Solene: Friendship's serious. Maybe more than love.

  • Margot: I see. I'm the substitute.

    Gaspard: In fact, a substitute for a substitute.