Synopsis
A lonely Parisian woman comes to terms with her isolation and anxieties during a long summer vacation.
1986 ‘Le rayon vert’ Directed by Éric Rohmer
A lonely Parisian woman comes to terms with her isolation and anxieties during a long summer vacation.
Marie Rivière Amira Chemakhi Sylvie Richez María Luisa García Béatrice Romand Rosette Vincent Gauthier Basile Gervaise Virginie Gervaise René Hernandez Dominique Rivière Claude Jullien Alaric Jullien Laetitia Rivière Isabelle Rivière Marcello Pezzutto Irène Skobline Eric Hamm Gérard Quéré Julie Quéré Brigitte Poulain Gerard Leleu Liliane Leleu Vanessa Leleu Huger Foote Michel Labourre Paulo Maria Couto-Palos Isa Bonnet Show All…
Ministères de la Culture de l'industrie et des P.T.T. Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication P.T.T. Les Films du Losange
Summer, El rayo verde, Зеленый луч, Le Rayon vert, Il raggio verde, 綠光, 녹색광선
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
Comedies & Proverbs #5
'Oh! May the time come when hearts fall in love'
Towering.
Rivière spends much of the film explaining herself, verbalising and justifying decisions and events which she feels truly passionate about - her character is, in some ways, sure of herself, but at the very same time achingly unsure of her place within the society which surrounds her. She is lonely, and she doesn't want to be, yet she can't let herself connect to the light-weight, surface-level conversations which seem to define what 'meeting new people' is. She spends much of her time on vacation alone because she feels at home with nature, but in these quiet moments of silence and isolation, the overwhelming pain of an…
"La Rayon Vert" melted my movie heart, and on a hot day, too, making everything perfect for -- finally! -- seeing this film on the big screen.
Eric Rohmer writes Delphine's unique and melancholy character in a raw way that is entirely believable. Sure: she experiences those beautiful moments of summer, mixing mud with a little nudie toddler, meeting a new foreign friend on the beach, watching the wind whip up a meadow or joining people rushing into the waves.
But more often than not...well, Delphine is a fish out of water. And yet she's not happy going with the flow either. She's an uncompromising romantic -- she's waiting for her moment to act, similar to most heroes of great…
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.
what fuckin' writers Rivière and Rohmer were.
proof that sometimes improvisation is just the way to go.
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*
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! 🤠
"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.
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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