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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Like Truffaut’s tragedy, this is an exquisitely restrained French study of desire, emotional evasiveness, and a love triangle that turns intimate gestures into quietly devastating confrontations.
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Why this pick
Its fractured recollection of a relationship carries the same adult melancholy and attention to tiny emotional shifts, balancing domestic realism with the sense of love slipping beyond repair.
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Why this pick
Rohmer offers a lighter but similarly precise look at romantic indecision: natural conversation, shifting attraction, and characters whose self-understanding lags behind their choices.
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Why this pick
Another unsparing Truffaut portrait of adultery, rendered with controlled observation rather than melodrama; its ordinary routines make the escalating emotional danger feel especially acute.
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Why this pick
A mature, emotionally direct drama about former lovers confronting what remains after passion has changed, with the same interest in memory, regret, and the costs borne by families.
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01 / THE STORY
Madame Jouve, the narrator, tells the tragedy of Bernard and Mathilde. Bernard was living happily with his wife Arlette and his son Thomas. One day, a couple, Philippe and Mathilde Bauchard, moves into the next house. This is the accidental reunion of Bernard and Mathilde, who had a passionate love affair years ago. The relationship revives... A somber study of human feelings.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Madame Jouve
Cameo
Bernard Coudray
Mathilde Bauchard
Philippe Bauchard
Arlette Coudray
Roland Duguet
Doctor
