I knew I was going to love that movie. A subtle, intelligent, light and touching analogy to life: what could be the best seat at an orchestra?
There are those who always seek for the first row seat. But once they reach it, they realise they are too close and don’t see much. Or, not as much as they expected. They lack some perspective, they don’t realise what they have and end up unsatisfied.
There are those who stay in the back rows. Living by “procuration”, living for the others and completely forgetting that they have a life and a talent of their own.
Would the best seats then be in the middle rows?
Here some quotes from the movie:
**Jacques to his son Frédéric: “Un jour, le temps qui passe cela devient le temps qui reste…[...] La vie c’est comme une maison. A ton âge, ça se construit; au mien, ça s’achète”
- Frédéric : “Tu cherches quoi?”
- Jessica : “Une bonne place à l’orchestre. Ni trop près, ni trop loin”
- Frédéric : ” Et à côté, il y a un siège de libre?”
** Jessica’s grandmother : “Faut prendre des risques Jessica. Moi, j’y suis allée au culot. Et tu sais, Jessica, j’ai eu une belle vie”.
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It was funny to see that one the principal scene set was in a bar/restaurant called the “Bar des Théâtres”, as it is one of the places we regularly go to with my parents whenever we fly to Paris. It is in fact a mythical “reference” for the Parisians, famous for its “Tartare frittes”.
Bar des Théâtres – 6, avenue Montaigne – Paris 8ème
