Interpretation of the End
How does everyone interpret the ending of the movie? Does everyone just go their seperate ways? Are all of the relationships just fleeting, just necessary for a short time?
shareI had thought that true, that this part of their lives was just to get them over a particular stage of their lives, and they'd go on to live their separate lives - Serge on the farm, François to university, and Maïté to continue with her Communist Party work. Apparently from the encounter Serge and François had in "Loin" and what François later disclosed about his life, that's just what happened, but we don't hear about what Maïté did, only about the two guys. Serge didn't stay on the farm, he became a long-distance truck driver; François became a film-maker (which is what Gaël Morel is in real life).
shareWhy did Maite seem so eager for Henri to leave?
I don't think she was. Wasn't she crying on Francois's shoulder when Henri left?
I think the ending is just perfect because we have no ideas what's going to happen to these characters. They're just students in high school so the relationships that they've formed shouldn't last very long.
______________________
Love is a Force of Nature
I have a different view of the ending.
I believe Maïté let herself to experience "intense passions", something that she had been trying to escape from all the time and was afraid of. Something that she had deprived her loved one (François) to have it and she blamed François for not being strong enough to reject such feelings.
I interpret her nervousness and her insisting that Henri should leave in this way that she wanted to make sure Henri will never be in her life again. Serge could not be a good case for this experience, since he was to stay, but Henri was about to leave them forever.
After she observed the intensity of physical love, she could justify François's behaviour and suddenly found herself how she have always loved him (as an intimate friend that always have been there beside her)
I remember this tag-line in the party before they start to dance, Maïté told François that she doesn't care what is between him and others, and she just cares how François treats her.
I also remember the starting sequence François told Maïté when he was describing a movie that it is about a girl who is between reality and dream, and she has to choose. As it goes on we see that it is as if Maïté is that girl.
http://armanika.blogspot.com
Excellent analysis soshiante. I love it
shareIs Loin (2001) a sequel to this movie as mentioned by londonpaul?
So much to see, so little time!
It's not supposed to be. Techine said it wasn't supposed to be. But it sure looked like it was from the little bits and pieces of character info in various scenes. The names are the same, the characters' history of Serge and Francois is the same, and while the timeline may be skewed, from early 1960's to early 2000 and the characters only aging maybe about 10 years at the outside, it could have easily been developed into a sequel. Unfortunately, those similarities are just mentioned in passing and unless you'd seen Roseaux you'd never clue in to the film being a an sort-of sequel. Just as well, as even for a sort-of sequel, we don't find out anything important about the years between their meeting at school and the present. Too bad.
Paul
http://www.privatemailnovels.com
Movies for the Moronis now available.