What a minute...
Maybe they explained this in the film. David was a public figure (Politics) How could it be so difficult for Elise to locate him?
shareShe wasn't trying to find him, he was always trying to find her
shareBut if she loved him that she should have tried to find him, at least go to one of his campaign speeches...
shareIf someone doesn't call you back, you may assume they are not interested. She may even felt rejected, and she did indeed later when he pulled it a second time from her POV. She may have gone to one of his speeches but remember he didn't call back, so she probably had reservations, quite possibly feared rejection.
From his POV, she never rejected her, he was supposed to call her but lost her number so he was in constant pursuit as we all watched.
So there is nothing wrong with the plot as is. Still, I understand the question rises: if it was the other way around, would she?
I recommend Serendipity for an alternate take on this, they play it both ways.
Something like that happened to me in life. Usually I never talk about my personal life here or anywhere on the net but lets just say back when I was a teenager I was seperated from my girlfriend. There were no ways to get in touch with her from my side i.e. her fam moved away, changed numbers, incidentally around the same time, I also moved to a different city.
So it was about 2 weeks since I last talked to her, I was at a friend's place and it was stormimg so I couldn't hear my phone ring but when I got it out of my pocket I saw at least 90 misscalls from an unknown caller; first I thought my parents (I mean who calls someone that many times) were probably worried sick and used a different number to call me so I ran home istead of calling back. When I got there I realized it wasn't my parents so I called back and she answered - long story short - I was being aloof and we were in the middle of a lovers' quarrel when my phone credit ran out.. what did I do next? I switched SIM to continue the conversation, losing her number in the process. I had 4 people (including myself) call the operator helpline for the number but the motherfu#*ers refused to yield and insisted it was against their policy (WTF!).
Anyway, let's assess the situation from her POV: she reasonably thought I hung up on her, switched the phone off and never called her back again eventhough I had her number.
Now, if you are a girl and you feel this kind of rejection from someone, would you call him ever again?
We spoke years later but this story has no happy ending.
Did I love her? You have to take my word for it when I say, I did.
Maybe still do.
But if she loved him that she should have tried to find him, at least go to one of his campaign speeches...
At that point in their relationship I highly doubt she loved him, even though in their (at that point) two encounter they both hit it off well. And as others have said, he said he'd call her and never did. In her mind he didn't want her after all. share
In her mind he didn't want her after all.Yes! She wasn't the type to go chasing after a public figure, when she thought she'd been dumped, even if she'd been attracted to him too.🐭 share
Most women in life let the man pursue them....they give signals and hope he picks the signals up and will ask her out...they wait for him to call her...etc. They rarely just ask guys out and pursue. The minority do.
That was very realistic. She would have waited for him to call her and if he didn't she'd assume he didn't like her. That happens all the time.