Dans Paris (2006)

I watched this film a year ago and I liked it, but I rewatched it a few days ago and I felt in love with it. Christophe Honoré, its director, has become one of my favorite directors thanks to this film, Les Chansons D'Amour, and La belle personne.

Dans Paris is a film about love, sorrow, lost, insecurity, depression, parenthood and brotherhood, all mixed up with a good dose of comedy and drama, which makes it truly realistic. The best thing from the film is Romain Duris' epic performance, and Louis Garrel's charming and funny role:

Watching them pass like clouds in the sky

No words could explain, no actions determine
Just watching the trees and the leaves as they fall



Try to cry out in the heat of the moment
Possessed by the fury that burns from inside

Photos by Lina Scheynius

I'm feeling a bit melancholic lately... these photos from Lina Scheynius (she's a genius) reflect my mood these last days. I've been listenin to Joy Division's album "Closer", and I can't get "The Eternal" out of my head. It's a really beautiful song.

It works for some people

I love this scene. Ryan Gosling's acting moves me deep down. You can feel his grief and anxiety listening to his trembling voice and looking at his eyes. When he says "the kids... keep me focused", and we start to listen to Feist singing "Lover's spit" on the background, I can't help my tears. And that beautiful moment is followed by an amazing monologue to his class:

"Change moves in spirals, not circles. For example, the sun goes up and then it goes down. But everytime that happens, what do you get? You get a new day. You get a new one. When you breathe, you inhale and you exhale, but every single time that you do that you're a little bit different then the one before. We're always changing. And its important to know that there are some changes you can't control but that there are others you can."

- Half Nelson (2006)