You are not what you were, but you have not become a stranger to me. I love Michelle Laroque. She doesn’t have many movies, and when I came across this 2007 drama, of course I decided to watch it.
The drama of a woman who is left alone after her husband's accident. The ex-wife, Sandrine, seems to be not opposed, but behaves as the person closest to Claude. That's not true. Julie is a quiet woman. Coming to Claude’s room, she could not even be alone with him, all the time took the ex-wife, and Julie did not argue. Why?
She remembers.
She had a short-lived happiness. But priceless. It's impossible to compare with anything. It's a priceless mutual love.
Many people call love a sense of ownership. Sandrine sees nothing but her own possessive love. She has the opportunity to sit next to him, sit in the room, talk to the doctor.
Very often women do not understand why the husband suddenly leaves. Husbands are puzzled why his wife suddenly leaves. In all troubles they always blame someone from the outside and are sure of their rightness.
You don't understand.
- You don't understand that.
They appeal to dozens of years spent together, the number of children or joint affairs, property, as if this is an indicator of love. And when something good happens, they take credit for it.
We cannot lose what does not belong to us. Julie is afraid of losing Claude, Sandrine is afraid of losing Claude. Where does this fear come from? Why don't these women just let you be? Situations just to be, Claude just to be what he can be now and just to be himself. Nearby, if he needs it, if they need it. Love if you feel it. Leave if necessary.
And only his father, talking to Julie, wisely remarks:
Trust him. Trust.
What's this movie about? Fear. Trust. Choice. Of course, and acceptance. This is a good, thoughtful European film that I would recommend to anyone who at least once asked himself the question of what a relationship consists of, what the love of two people consists of, and what it may or may not depend on.
7 out of 10