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Éric Rohmer is probably one of my favourite directors of all time. I have seen all six of his Moral Tales, all four of his Four Seasons, and quite a few of his Comedies and Proverbs (of which The Green Ray is the fifth). This was the movie I started university with as I was reminded of this film after visiting Biarritz and St-Jean-de-Luz. Personally, I felt a rewarch of Delphine’s beautiful and atmospheric solo explorations throughout France was perfect as I had just moved away from home for the first time!
Sep 18, 2024
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I'm a simple woman, I deeply enjoy the way that Eric Rohmer captures the summer season, and my favorite one of his many summer movies is The Green Ray.
Is protrays a very distinct summer from my tropical experience, but shares that hazy feeling of people melting in the sun, completed by the selection of truly gorgeous French landscapes. However, where it truly shines is the ability to capture the duality of summer, along the hot weather and beaches, there is that little melancholy nurtured by the expectation that you need to enjoy things the most and have the best time.
The director treats the protagonist very kidly and respects that melancholy, but suggests a quite sweet and optimistic ending.
May 27, 2025
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It’s one of my favourite Rohmer films 😊 also agnes varda is great in general because I think french new wave is such a hyper masculine genre so her films are always such a standout. I recommend Vagabond if you have never seen it
Feb 29, 2024
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I started a Rohmer binge earlier this summer when I was feeling cramped up, horny, and very far from Cannes. Little did I know all I needed was to hit play on a few of these flicks on Criterion, and all of my needs could be fulfilled. Rohmer’s stories follow the most lovestruck, well-vacationed characters as they wash down kisses with martinis and fill their afternoons with silly games of phonetag and delectable meals. I love love <3
Nov 17, 2020
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Listen I’m Colombian so of course I read a few of Gabo’s (Gabriel Garcia Marquez for those who are unaware) oeuvre, as he is a national treasure. As much I adore Love in the Time of Cholera, I feel Strange Pilgrims (or Doce Cuentos Peregrinos) is just as amazing. It is a collection of short stories of various Latin Americans residing in Europe and my personal favourite is Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane as it perfectly encapsulates the trip between CDG and JFK. For the anglophones, both of these books were also translated by Edith Grossman who also translated the copy of Don Quixote we read at my secondary school and I feel the translator means just as much as the author and she was an incredible one in what I’ve read that she’s done.
Sep 18, 2024
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This has merged my love of making collages with my super niche years-curated selection of Pinterest files into one single app and I am not complaining at all!!
Sep 18, 2024
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My go-to cocktail used to be a vodka limone until it was easily replaced with the pornstar martini the moment I touched down in London. Considering that its birthplace was full of them, I throughly enjoyed my bar nights with friends and this passion fruit—vodka (with its accompanying shot of Prosecco always) combo. And wherever I can find it, I will have it as my drink of choice.
Sep 18, 2024