The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
2025-01-14
Vancouver, BC

I'll try to write a few words without mentioning La La Land first... flawless visually, bursting out of the screen with colour. Perfect in its depiction of imperfection in love and relationships. And that's a common thread it shares with La La Land, which with it too I have always felt is just so powerful in its unabashed way of saying, yeah, your idealism towards the future when you're smitten with someone may be fleeting. But life has a way of working itself out, and while some things may hurt in the moment, you will look back on it as one piece of the myriad of forming moments and experiences that will end up shaping what you become, for better or worse.

Watched at the Cinematheque as part of their Essential Big Screen 2024 programming. Another encore screening I was lucky enough to catch!