 Cheyenne,
a young unemployed journalist whose welfare payments are about to be cut off,
decides to leave Paris to live a marginal life in the country. She leaves behind
Sonia, the woman she loves. Sonia is a physics and chemistry teacher at a
Parisian high school. She tries her best to forget Cheyenne, but it’s not easy.
The premise of the film might be a
little harder to relate to for an American audience. Our capitalistic outlook on
how members of society should behave doesn't look favorably on people who decide
to opt out of the norm. Here, Cheyenne would be referred to as a bum and there
aren't very many (if any) Hollywood films where the story revolves around the
central characters affection for a homeless person.This a very dark and at
times almost depressing look at how unforgiving who we choose to fall in love
with can be. In addition to the dark mood, most of the scenes involving Sonia
and other females are darkly lit. I suspect the dark cinematography is meant to
be an indication of Sonia's outlook on love and her inability to reconcile what
she thinks she wants with her reality.
All that said, the movie is an interesting look into an unusual life story.
The movie asks,
how do we
reconcile what we want with what we’re actually able to do, what we think and
how we act? How do cope with a person we love and yet have to refuse?
“Oublier Cheyenne”
is a contemporary fable about the precarious states created by modern society,
the need for change, and the power of love.
We give it three stars. |
