Did Garance really love Baptiste?
I am still haunted by this cinematic meditation on love. I can't shake it off. It's so poignant and breaks my heart to think of this story. It's a simple story that has various versions throughout the world, but this is brilliantly told and structured.
We're quite sure that Nathalie loved Baptiste and is the only character who has genuinely loved another human being. The rest are either infatuated, possessive, or in love with the idea of love.
I don't think Garance loved Baptiste. Both she and Baptiste were in love with phantoms of their imagination and an unfulfilled love that didn't get to play out and end like all other affairs. Baptiste was a dreamy idealist who never grew up and escaped to the bastion of his imagination; Garance was just another way for him to escape from the harsh reality of life.
So what do you all think?
Do you know where I'm going? Anton Chigurh No Country for Old Men