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“You had to trust me.”
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I see why Pialat is called the French Cassavetes, though such comparisons annoy me. He’s a fine director in his own right, just as Chabrol is very much apart from Hitchcock. But a similar kind of free and authentic vibe is there, and in his work, too, there are characters who act strangely but utterly believably. Loulou is a fascinating creation, a guy who lives with no moral foundation. He acts according to his inclination: he doesn’t work, he loves freely, he feels truthfully. Nelly is a modern working girl who casts aside her long-term boyfriend and normal life casually and without regret. Their affair begins instinctively and continues organically. It is strange that they should even be attracted to one another, let alone develop a profound attachment. But it works for them, and they define a way of loving and living outside of convention. “I don’t want to change him,” Nelly says. “I make money, so it’s right that I pay.” (This is a major interest of mine, I suppose… subjective moralities, I might call it.) A perfectly played moment of crisis comes when reality and others’ opinions intrude, but it is resolved in a truthful, simple, wonderful way.
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