If you are like me, you will enjoy this film when it is over, it is too long, several sequences need to be cut.I freely admit that I was bored while I was watching this film, but it left an impression on me. There are three main protagonists, Michele ('19 years old and knows it'), a student aimlessly whiling away the summer holidays, Linda, a journalist on retreat and Brother Bernard, a man who in the words of the director, has never been hugged.
There is a quote in the film 'life is made up of lots of little things' and so is this film, the awkward silence when you are introduced to someone by a slight aquaintance, Michele masquerading as a nun, small talk, unintentianally funny moments, the sunlight in the trees, a growing friendship, writer's block. All unobtrusive yet somehow prominant. And at the end, the strange comfort that 'I know my immaculate heart will prevail'. A meaningless sentiment, yet strangely apt and correct, as each charactor learns to be a little more feeling and human.
There is a quote in the film 'life is made up of lots of little things' and so is this film, the awkward silence when you are introduced to someone by a slight aquaintance, Michele masquerading as a nun, small talk, unintentianally funny moments, the sunlight in the trees, a growing friendship, writer's block. All unobtrusive yet somehow prominant. And at the end, the strange comfort that 'I know my immaculate heart will prevail'. A meaningless sentiment, yet strangely apt and correct, as each charactor learns to be a little more feeling and human.