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By bringing to the screen the autobiographical story that Annie Ernaux published 30 years ago, Danielle Arbid (A lost man, Afraid of nothing) was able to put into images the interior monologue of a woman voluntarily consuming herself in the intensity of a romantic and sexual relationship. The filmmaker thus manages to translate in a concrete way the manifestation of the ineluctable desire between two beings, but also the existential vacuum which, inevitably, sets in at the end of an encounter.
Because that’s what it’s all about. Beyond sexual intercourse, filmed without any complacency, easy passion echoes this state, which means that a human being, regardless of his convictions, his social status or his marital status, can at some point in his life sink into a vertigo that takes precedence over everything else. Hélène is an author, teaches at the university, takes care of her young son. However, everything becomes secondary as soon as Aleksandr gives a sign of life, if only with a simple phone call. It’s irrational, sometimes unreasonable, but so it is. The body must exult, sang Brel.
Once this postulate is posed, the story can be a little repetitive, but the two actors, magnified by the filmmaker, maintain the tension by throwing themselves headlong into this story. Laetitia Dosch (Young woman) delivers a dazzling performance by evoking the inner turmoil of a woman who is fully aware of what is happening to her. Opposite her, Sergei Polunin, the bad boy from the world of classical dance, plays the mystery card to the fullest and effectively fulfills the mandate of “object man” entrusted to him.
easy passion is currently playing on the big screen. This feature film is also available on Apple TV+, Google Play and YouTube.
Drama
easy passion
Danielle Arbid
With Laetitia Dosch, Sergei Polunin, Lou-Teymour Thion
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