There was a moment 40-minutes in where I had to pause the film and sit in reflection, because I was absolutely struck by how much I saw Delphine in myself. It is such an unusual sensation— I never really find characters in films who encapsulate me completely, but I did with Delphine, and I wasn't sure how to react. It's almost comforting in its honesty. This film required me to look inwardly at myself instead of as a mere bystander in others' affairs, and I think that alone is a worthy accomplishment.

4.6/5

when delphine cried for no reason...i felt that

A film that speaks to me like few others. I see so much of Delphine in myself that the film would be hard to watch if its criticism of her reservedness weren't so empathetically delivered. Rohmer was a master.

i'm in a sexy french depression

Metrograph. 35mm. 

As always, sad Rohmer girls > sad Rohmer fuccbois.

what fuckin' writers Rivière and Rohmer were.
proof that sometimes improvisation is just the way to go.

summertime sadness

Even the title Le rayon vert is extremely beautiful. Éric Rohmer was a master simplicity and honesty but also complexity of the way he depicted the human nature. I see so much of Delphine in myself, it's painful to see a portrait of loneliness and detachment that is so raw and honest, but also soothing to see a film that understands the subject so well and that there are people who feel the same way you do, and maybe you're not so alone.

A tale in becoming so consumed by your loneliness after some stupidly drawn-out period of isolation from any real, meaningful human contact that you can only fathom your one chance of happiness to come from the seemingly impossible prospect of finally finding another to call yours? And still, the opportunity presents itself and you reject it outright. Self-inflicted solitude just to remove the risk of ringing regret collapses in on itself in a rare case of self-sabotage by way of narcissistic pretence disguised as sobering realism. Yeah, this didn’t cut deep at all. *cries in French*

Rohmer é pra ser visto aos domingos.

ur already in paris.... if u need vacation just go to the eiffel tower or sonething

I think I was supposed to identify with this woman but I didn’t.

Yeah I needed that

kinda rushed in the end but overall a nice movie about loneliness and self isolation. besides the fact it was rushed in the end, it also romanticizes the need for a romantic partner to find happines, but that aint that big of a deal cause thats what im doing on a daily basis! 🤠

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Pedantic romantic finds solace in the sun.

"things aren't obvious for me. I'm not normal, like you."

a moment in where i need to take a deep breath because of the honesty and how passionate she is. i don't think i can explain it in words about how much i see myself in her.

Dope

Não consegui terminar de ver, fiquei irritado DEMAIS com essa protagonista, sério. Não consegui me identificar nem um pouco com ela, já tive depressão e pra mim ela só era insuportável, fechando todas as portas possíveis. O filme em si não é ruim não, na verdade a direção é fenomenal, as cenas são ótima, os diálogos, a fotografia, tudo é bom, mas esse sentimento de estresse extremo e raiva que ele me causou é algo fora do normal, realmente me incomodou, então não posso dar nada menos do que essa nota para algo que nem consegui terminar.

really love how the main character is fully aware of their loneliness. i don't think there's a single scene in this film where delphine doesn't try to justify her actions (actually, herself). it's almost masochistic if you think about it, how conscious she is about herself, her condition, and what she wants from life, but still being unable to reach such goals due to her lack of initiative and a tendency to shift the blame from herself ("i'm not stubborn. life is stubborn toward me"). but again, i'm pretty sure that's how most lonely people are, living out their days trapped in a haze of their own idealizations

durante o filme o deslocamento da delphine me fez criar muita empatia por ela e por sua incansável procura por um lugar ou alguém que a faça sentir completa .
fica claro que a delphine não pode fugir de si mesma e das suas questões. quando está cercada de pessoas ainda sim está só, a solidão a incomoda, e o sentimento de incompreensão e inacessibilidade é constante, até porque ninguém a entende por completo. 
durante o filme as pessoas insinuam que delphine precisa fugir de sua solidão e tristeza, quando na verdade ela deveria encara-la para que ela possa se entender.
perante suas tentativas de escapismo frustradas ela finalmente tira um tempo pra si mesma, observando as ondas, a natureza, as pessoas... essa cena realmente mexeu comigo.
esse aumento de consciência que é simbolizado pelo raio verde, no filme, acontece tão naturalmente, e é nessa sutileza que tudo muda, constantemente, em nossa vida.

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