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

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.

Rohmer is more interested in dimension than anything else, both literal and metaphoric. The spacial dimensions of the frame have a consciously defined awareness that isn't seen in many films and this is constantly a part of the interplay between characters (vast public spaces make the open nature of our characters and dialogue miraculously claustrophobic, a somewhat retroactive effect that is definitely one of the clear intents of the piece). Rohmer is also interesting primarily in that his dialogue and each segregated 'moment' in the piece is wildly comic and slightly wry (within the first five minutes there's a memorable scene with escalating comments about a statue which is reminiscent of the screenplay for Vera Chytilova's seminal work Daisies) which makes the austere awareness of the existence of the camera even more interesting to watch.

Just when you see it, it's gone.

5 years ago, the cripplingly indecesive movie character i related to most was cameron fry from FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF - now it's delphine. that scene where she struggles to articulate why she's vegetarian is me any time someone expects me to explain or defend my beliefs offline.

also is ALL THE LIGHT IN THE SKY swanberg's GREEN RAY?

The only thing better than this movie was my parents arguing over the ending afterwards 😘 *chef's kiss* glad we're all in agreement that Marie Rivière is beautiful though

O meu primeiro filme do Éric Rohmer, e acho que um dos melhores sobre vazio existencial que já vi. Retrata bem a dor desse vazio, quando esse desejo de querer se validar a partir de um relacionamento sincero acaba se tornando o maior empecilho para o alcance da satisfação.

Rohmer had a proclivity, if not a fetish, for crying women. Most of his movies have a scene of a woman weeping, while none of his male characters cry. (Correct me if I'm mistaken). Green Ray takes the waterworks to a disagreeable extreme.

Like a languid summer day stretching out endlessly, searching for something elusive and never quite defined. Watching this really feels like taking a look into someone's life; like you've pulled back the curtain and captured a pivotal moment in time in this person's life. It all seemed very natural and heartfelt, if slightly meandering.

Here’s to the first movie of 2019! 
I really liked it <3

Wonderfully restrained and beautifully shot in 16mm. As subtle as ever from Rohmer. Amazing that the script is mostly improvised, allows the main actress (who is fantastic) to be completely authentic and realistic. Can’t wait to see more.

Look, watching a Rohmer film out of season is foolish or naive at best and sacrilege at worst, I'm aware, and it's likely heresy to consider this a weak effort... but I don't see why this is the Rohmer film for so many.
I'm much more fond of it revisiting it, there'a some incredibly gorgeous and wonderful scenery, but I can't get over the more improvised nature of the film. Granted everything works but the result is that it feels less tight or in control than a work like The Aviator's Wife. I'll probably give this one more go in 2019 but for Rohmer newcomers: please watch Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle instead!!

While watching "The Green Ray" I felt personally attacked by how much Delphine resembled me: thinking way too hard about everything, making rash decisions out of anxiety, crying from being overwhelmed by social life. This movie made me angry at first because it didn't tell me how to change, how to possess the lightness of "normal" people. There was no story of transformation. The message instead was bitter sweet: it very well could be that Delphine will never change. That level of neuroticism and perennial loneliness is no easy fix, but she will also find people who love her for who she is, her green rays in life.