Un Jour

I was really moved with today’s class. The videos we watched were very powerful, and even though some parts of the videos were not east to watch, I think sometimes that in necessary to push your message out into the world. However, Un Jour used a different approach than the other films, and this one happened to be my favorite. The imagery and animation was really stunning. When she walked up the stairs, you seemed to see a wall, but as the “camera” tilts up you notice this is her apartment; I love when animators do these sort of “camera tricks.”

When the woman and her man first go outside, the music is sort of happy and friendly. When they are eating soup, the score changes to a slow, repetitive sort of boring song. Their life becomes a habit. Even though she is not happy with this life, she accepts that he at least fills the hole within her. It’s sad that she would settle for this, but he wasn’t leaving so she decided to just accept the situation. Until he left. He left her with a hole that would never get filled again. It is unacceptable to live in a society where one settles for something so life altering like a spouse. As a community of Christians, and possibly stretching even further from that, we have been taught to only accept the idea of family. One should never have to hide their pain, their suffering, and their depression from others just to be accepted into society. It’s just wrong.