Le Rayon Vert aka Summer, written by Éric Rohmer
in collaboration with Marie Rivière and directed by the former
9 out of 10
Notes and
thoughts on other books are available at:
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEVa4_CsRStSBBDo4uJWT8BSWtTTn0N1E and http://realini.blogspot.ro/
Summer is
just one of a group of films written and directed by Éric Rohmer that have
received a wide acclaim.
A number of
them, including Le Rayon Vert have been included on The New York Times’ Best
1,000 Movies Ever Made
The motion
picture won the Golden Lion at the 1986 Venice Film Festival, together with the
Best Actress Prize.
I have
noted on Chloe In The Afternoon here:
And on Le
Genou De Claire:
Marie
Rivière has the role of Delphine, on whose lines she has worked with the
fabulous writer and director of the film
She seems
to be a depressed, negative young woman and we see her crying a few times in
the narrative.
Delphine
could be used in positive psychology lessons to show students what happens when
one is pessimistic.
If
positive, optimistic people have the benefit of a longer, healthier life, with
more private and professional success, the opposite is true for negative
individuals.
The
contrast is evident when Delphine meets with a young, attractive and topless
blonde Swedish woman.
She is a
tourist in France, on the way to Spain and enjoying the moment, applying the
smart, positive principle of
-
Carpe diem
She is very
communicative, perhaps a she does talk a bit too much, but she is basking in
the sun and enjoying life.
When two
young men talk to the French and Swedish girls, the latter is easy going and
open, while Delphine…starts weeping.
Delphine is
not the epitome of the negative character, someone we feel bad about and want
to see out of the picture.
She is a
complex girl and she express a very ethical, moral and compassionate stand on
food, at a table with friends.
Delphine is
ahead of her time, for she is against the killing of animals to have them
served as cooked meat.
The other
companions are enjoying platefuls of cutlets and sausages and disagree with her
views.
But in a
hundred years’ time, people will look back at this film and wonder how carnivores
could be so cruel.
Ultimately
it is very inhumane.
Delphine is
a witness to a talk about:
-
Le Rayon Vert
Some people
discuss the sunset and the impression we have about the sun, just before the
dark of night.
There is a
rather interesting, scientific and somewhat sophisticated explanation regarding
the rays which are not straight.
The fact is
that the last ray of sunshine is…Green.
The poster
with the couple and the rayon vert
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