The Pleasure of Being Robbed (2008)

The Pleasure of Being Robbed: Directed by Josh Safdie. With Bat ‘Batman’ Baxter, Alex Billig, Wayne Chin, Jerry Damons. A curious and lost Eleonore looks for something everywhere, even in the bags of strangers who find themselves sadly smiling only well after she’s left their lives. They owe her their thanks.

“I saw this film at Cannes twice and I canu0026#39;t seem to either get away from it or get it out of my mind. I keep thinking about the surface nature of the main character Eleonore in the beginning and throughout. But what is crazy is she knows it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt is not that she is annoying. I Think it is sad to see someone hide their true emotions. She smiles and you wonder why is she smiling, It is uncomfortable to be in the room. These are negative qualities and that is why they are on film (and yes beautiful 16 mm, finally!). They are just an exaggerated type of personality that forces us to see what we all sometimes fall victim too, too big a self-conscience.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eShe is a great thief, but she is not really stealing. She just wants to learn more about people because she is afraid, or unwilling, to say hello in a genuine way.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAt times I didnu0026#39;t like her but so what? Film is not about feeling comfortable, it is about thinking about how you can change parts of yourself. When I didnu0026#39;t like her or what she is doing, I asked myself why? And that is what I liked. I liked also seeing the other people in New york who donu0026#39;t have her problem. Heck, there is a guy walking around saying how beautiful everything is. And wait, here we see her wonder what that life might be like. Also, when she listens to the trumpet playing, I Thought how sad, she realizes her faults. Sometimes you canu0026#39;t change them (Having been in therapy I should know, haha).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThanks for showing me the pains of holding back, and the beauty of letting it out.”