donalupe

Impulsive people, instead of introspection, tend to find their grapes sour. The beauty of this film lies in a way this downside to Sabine's personality is explored - not only from her own perspective but also thru the lens of her close friend and a few other people. Despite her smugness and deserved undesirable end to her pursuit, Rohmer massages us into feeling compassion for his subject.

Buoyed by bucolic setting and exceptional acting, this rare work of art successfully aspires for primal unsophistication, a journey that only uninhibited filmmakers can undertake. It begins with our characters finding themselves in a conundrum and ends in a euphoric bacchanalian courtship. Thanks to their means that manifest in all sorts of ways: Ethereal, corporeal and empyreal yet vicious, veracious and vivacious!