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Mélanie's awareness (spoiler)


I thought it was made fairly clear throughout the film that Ariane was developing more-than-platonic feelings for Mélanie. However, do you think that Mélanie saw Ariane's weakness and her apparent lack of true passion for her husband, as well as her new found closeness with Mélanie, and used this to her own advantage? Or do you think that Ariane's feelings developed without Mélanie's encouragement? I thought that Mélanie was definitely trying to manipulate Ariane and make her fall deeper in love with her when she gave her that lingering kiss at the concert. Do you think that Mélanie felt anything, anything at all, for Ariane, or was it all just a show to ensure that Ariane would lose everything by the end of the film?

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I think it was all pretence. I don't think she felt anything atall for Ariane.



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Mélanie felt something for Ariane once she saw her not for the idea of her; nor the person that she holds responsible for messing up her life. Ariane felt something for Mélanie because she sensed she saw her as how she used to be, especially at the start when they meet again. Mélanie seeing her that way was based on revenge, why that feeling was intense, raw, and palpable; and then it changed and became softer, even kind, and Ariane to compensate became the emotional aggressor towards Mélanie. It's very emotionally confusing. I don't feel there is one right or wrong way to perceive what was going on. What made it interesting!

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I think it was all planned by Melanie - it was clear to me that Melanie took advantage of Ariane's messed up state when she kissed her. She tried to seduce her and succeeded! Her revenge was multi-layered, playing with every aspect of Ariane's life and psyche.

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