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how superficial is the fluidity of time in this film?


I was a bit disappointed how Klapisch depicted a trip. The only representation of Chloe's vacantion is a short shot showing her swimming. Before we can even get an idea of what's going on, she's already on her way back from the station. Have you noticed other sequences similiar to this one? How come she spends more time doing her laundry than enjoying her time off?

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Yeah it's obviously intentional. The other scene I noticed is the first time we see her go to the bar, she asks the bartender if she's seen her friend, to which the bartender replies, "No," then she hangs out for a few moments and we see her at home taking off her make up.

I liked this. It showed that that was about all Chloe got out of her vacation and out of her night out. That was the important part about the vacation: she was on a pretty beach and got to go into the water. It didn't solve any problems and it wasn't very gratifying for her nor for the audience. It must have been intentionally made like that.

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i think you've completely missed the point with this film.

It's not supposed to follow traditional film narrative. Her holiday is irrespective to the film, it was just what set up the loss of her cat...

I wouldn't say the film has 'fluidity' at all. The only way of keeping track of what time has passed is through the senile old lady saying how many days it's been since the cat went missing.

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