Un Jour - One Day

I thought it was very interesting how heartbreak was portrayed in Un Jour. I really liked it. Normally, heartbreak is portrayed as a heart literally breaking or as a woman's heart being stolen. I liked how, instead, the man became a part of the woman. I believe that most women, when they are in love, feel like the man is a part of her rather than her heart has been stolen. When that man leaves the women her heart and spirit are crushed. A part of her is gone. The healing process of heartbreak is long and hard. To me, putting back together a shattered heart sounds easier than some how managing to fill in a hole in yourself. Healing a broken heart requires a substance to "put the heart back together". Filling a hole requires a perfect fit. One day, the man who had become a part of the women left, leaving the woman shocked and empty. She would try to fill that hole but could never find that perfect fit. The woman would try to find a man who could somehow compare to the man that had left her, but would never succeed. She had loved the man so much that she let him become a part of her and she had loved the man so much that no other person could fill that hole.

I always felt like heartbreak stories were all the same, cliche. It's so refreshing to see a new take on heartbreak and not have it be portrayed as another heart literally breaking. A hole in a person speaks more to me than a shattered heart does.