À nos amours

Excellent, excellent film: Pialat is confirmedly one of my guys. I seem to be watching a lot of hyper-sexual adolescent angst films lately… this one rings truest, satisfies most. Sandrine Bonnaire is absolutely sensational as Suzanne, a bright but disinterested young woman, whose family life is in shambles and prone to sudden violence, and who can forget it all when she’s with a guy but can’t make it work with the one guy she loves. If I’m making this sound too much like an 80s American teen sex comedy, the fault is all mine, because this film really is exquisite, sensitive, deeply felt. The ending is perfection.

I love them both but I’m probably going to be all alone in preferring Pialat’s Loulou — maybe I’d say they’re similar in tone, equal in quality, but a slightly older cast works better for me.

I like Eli’s idea of watching the Doinel films as he reaches the age of the character. Characters my own age always resonate more deeply.

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